BlockKansas Falls, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Smoky Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66441. The Survey maps it on the Kansas Falls 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.
- 1889 USGS Parkerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Parkerville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Kansas Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Council Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Kansas Falls between 2005 and 2020, burning about 438 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Geary County | 108 |
| 22 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 978 |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 892 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 886 |
| 4 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Cloud County | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Cloud County | not named |
| 27 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 87 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wreford | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Junction City | 5.4 miles | 25 | |
| Grandview Plaza | 7.3 miles | 25 | |
| Alida | 7.9 miles | 25 | |
| Milford | 12.8 miles | 25 |
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 Q122594780 | 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 484789. 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.