BlockJenkins, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67456. The Survey maps it on the Lindsborg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1892 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Lindsborg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Jenkins between 2005 and 2018, burning about 62 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 68 |
| 19 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 29 |
| 16 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 60 |
| 11 June 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 56 |
| 8 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | McPherson County | 46 |
| 12 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | McPherson County | 40 |
| 1 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 30 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 22 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jenkins in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jenkins | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jenkins | - | no account filed |
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 484804. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.