BlockFairport, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Paradise Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67665. The Survey maps it on the Fairport quadrangle. It stands 1,686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1896 USGS Plainville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fairport quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fairport between 2016 and 2017, burning about 7 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2017 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Russell County | 27 |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ellis County | 017-069 |
| 11 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 160005 |
| 10 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ellis County | 017-073 |
| 28 January 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 160001 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairport in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2008: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | $10,000 | Power poles snapped with associated power lines obviously downed. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Fairport | - | Hail covered ground to a depth of one inch. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Fairport | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Fairport | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Fairport | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Fairport | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairport | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Fairport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5430700 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472526. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.