BlockLake Shore, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Ozawkie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66070. It stands on Fishpond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ozawkie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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.
- 1886 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Ozawkie quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Lake Shore between 2002 and 2020, burning about 493 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Jefferson County | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 75 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 121 |
| 6 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Jefferson County | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Jefferson County | not named |
| 27 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Jefferson County | not named |
| 26 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Jefferson County | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozawkie | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| Indian Ridge | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Lakeside Village | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| West Shore | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Hilldale | 5.0 miles | 22 | |
| Hilldale South | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Ridge | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| Rock Creek | 6.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484909. 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.