BlockFern, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Walton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67357. The Survey maps it on the Dennis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Fern between 2015 and 2019, burning about 67 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Labette County | 1700025 |
| 23 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180423 |
| 23 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Labette County | 1700020 |
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1800020 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Labette County | 109 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Labette County | 102 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Labette County | 11 |
| 15 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Grove | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Orchard Park | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Parsons | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Winway | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Brownstone | 9.7 miles | 18 | |
| Mound Valley | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Altamont | 11.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484486. 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.