BlockLadysmith, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Exeter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67432. The Survey maps it on the Clay Center SW quadrangle. It stands 1,312 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Clay Center quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Clay Center SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ladysmith between 2012 and 2020, burning about 1,656 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1515 |
| 8 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1438 |
| 26 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,600 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 9TH AND FRONTIER |
| 26 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 13 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15018 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idana | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Broughton (historical) | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Clay Center | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Hill | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Industry | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Wakefield | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Longford | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Browndale | 10.7 miles | 14 |
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 Ladysmith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17030863 | 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 484768. 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.