BlockJacobs Creek Landing, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66854. It stands on Jacobs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ottumwa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1885 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Ottumwa quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Jacobs Creek Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,191 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 121 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | COFFEY CO ASSIST 1 |
| 1 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | K130CIG |
| 30 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | GILLIGAN |
| 27 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | REMEDY |
| 18 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | OVERLOOK |
| 17 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | COONHAMMAN |
| 3 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | STUBLE |
| 17 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | PATSFIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jacobs Creek Landing: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottumwa | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| New Strawn | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Burlington | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sharpe | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Lebo | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Gridley | 11.6 miles | 16 | |
| Halls Summit | 11.8 miles | 16 | |
| Beto Junction | 13.5 miles | 18 |
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 Q122569319 | 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 477446. 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.