BlockLandergin, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Eureka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67045. It stands on Kitty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eureka quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1885 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Landergin (historical) between 2015 and 2018, burning about 1,305 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greenwood County | 52 |
| 10 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greenwood County | 42 |
| 7 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 73 |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 109 |
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 93 |
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 92 |
| 8 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Landergin (historical): 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wall Street Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 484960. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.