BlockHilton, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in New Gottland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67460. The Survey maps it on the McPherson North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Mc Pherson North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
91 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Hilton between 2002 and 2020, burning about 290 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | McPherson County | 754 |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | McPherson County | 757 |
| 29 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 828 |
| 22 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 666 |
| 13 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McPherson County | not named |
| 3 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McPherson County | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | McPherson County | not named |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484807. 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.