Godfrey, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66701. The Survey maps it on the Fort Scott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1884 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Ft Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Godfrey between 2012 and 2020, burning about 1,505 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1054 |
| 23 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kansas Counties | EAGLE ROAD |
| 5 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 754 |
| 22 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 392 |
| 18 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 502 |
| 8 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 130 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 63 |
| 8 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 62 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Godfrey: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cullor Mine & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Garland | 5.1 miles | 26 | |
| Fort Scott | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Ronald | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Pawnee Station | 6.1 miles | 22 | |
| Hollister | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Marmaton | 7.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hiattville | 9.0 miles | 22 |
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 Godfrey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18151717 | 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 484699. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.











