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Glen Grouse, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harvey Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67023. It stands on Ferguson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Glen Grouse within Cowley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Glen Grouse (historical) between 2009 and 2018, burning about 3,145 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
12 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresButler CountyKS_BUX_0019
2 March 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresKansas CountiesBUTTS ROAD
27 January 2018Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresKansas Forest Service10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowley County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Glen Crouse2.5 miles13
Grand Summit6.4 miles14
Atlanta9.9 miles13
Cambridge10.7 miles13
Burden13.6 miles15
Wilmot16.6 miles14
Eaton18.6 miles14
Floral19.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 481886. 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.