BlockGrand Summit, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Windsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67023. The Survey maps it on the Grand Summit quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Burden quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Grand Summit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Grand Summit between 2009 and 2018, burning about 27,287 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1834 |
| 4 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,650 acres | Cowley County | FERGUSON RANCH |
| 21 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 201811 |
| 17 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1600045 |
| 6 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 640 acres | Kansas Counties | FERGUSON RANCH |
| 5 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Cowley County | 2017006 |
| 5 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | 2017007 |
| 22 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Elk County | 17013 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Crouse | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Glen Grouse (historical) | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cambridge | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Burden | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Atlanta | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Eaton | 15.2 miles | 14 | |
| Dexter | 15.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hooser | 16.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484490. 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.