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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.

Godfrey within Bourbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

51 since 2012

Regional 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning16
Smoking7
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
26 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service1054
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresKansas CountiesEAGLE ROAD
5 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service754
22 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
7 April 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service392
18 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service502
8 March 2018Debris and open burning130 acresKansas Forest Service63
8 March 2018Debris and open burning35 acresKansas Forest Service62

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bourbon County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cullor Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Bourbon 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
Edward1.6 miles20
Garland5.1 miles26
Fort Scott5.4 miles20
Ronald5.4 miles20
Pawnee Station6.1 miles22
Hollister6.7 miles20
Marmaton7.8 miles20
Hiattville9.0 miles22

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 GodfreyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18151717The 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.