BlockGibbs, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Summit Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67361. The Survey maps it on the Elgin NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1885 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Elgin NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Gibbs between 1995 and 2020, burning about 5,502 acres in total. None 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 255 |
| 1 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 234 |
| 8 April 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2,400 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chautauqua County | 1722 |
| 13 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Chautauqua County | 380 |
| 7 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 220 |
| 31 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Chautauqua County | 375 |
| 28 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 227 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484454. 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.