BlockHappy Homes Park, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dodge City City. It lies in ZIP code area 67801. The Survey maps it on the Fort Dodge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Spearville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Spearville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Happy Homes Park between 2015 and 2020, burning about 2,775 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ford County | 1170287 |
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ford County | 1170285 |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1150150 |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1150161 |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ford County | 1423 |
| 4 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ford County | 1170257 |
| 3 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ford County | 1170256 |
| 28 August 2015 | Natural | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1150142 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge City | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| South Dodge | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Fort Dodge | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Wilroads Gardens | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wright | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Wilroads | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Sears | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Howell | 11.1 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122554368 | 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 2694212. 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.