BlockKanwaka, Kansas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Kanwaka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66049. The Survey maps it on the Lawrence West quadrangle. It stands 1,033 feet above sea level.
On record in Kanwaka
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Oregon-California Trail Segments (Additional Documentation)listed 2016 · 1.0 miles away
- Oregon-California Trail Segments (Boundary Increase)listed 2022 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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 Lawrence quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Lawrence West quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Lawrence West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
121 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Kanwaka between 2015 and 2020, burning about 1,260 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Douglas County | 8594 |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 150083 |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 184 |
| 3 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 181 |
| 29 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Douglas County | 8263 |
| 2 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 7756 |
| 11 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18059 |
| 25 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18054 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Stull | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Lecompton | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Big Springs | 6.6 miles | 24 | |
| Lawrence | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Lone Star | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Grover | 7.6 miles | 24 | |
| Broken Arrow Park | 7.7 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Kanwaka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6365705 | 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 484875. 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.