BlockHilford, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Neodesha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66757. It stands on Chetopa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neodesha quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Neodesha quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hilford between 2015 and 2020, burning about 103 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wilson County | 424 |
| 29 June 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 285 |
| 11 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 170 |
| 12 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 177 |
| 7 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neodesha | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Buffville | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Altoona | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Brooks | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lafontaine | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fredonia | 9.8 miles | 24 | |
| Guilford | 10.6 miles | 23 | |
| Benedict Junction | 12.2 miles | 24 |
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 Q122541609 | 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 484930. 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.