BlockLasita, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Fancy Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67447. The Survey maps it on the Lasita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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 Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lasita quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Lasita between 2017 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 190 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18180 |
| 21 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 17 February 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18077 |
| 11 January 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Riley County | 13 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lasita in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lasita | $3,000 | The top of a wooden barn was destroyed near Leonardville. One foot diameter trees were split off the main tree trunk. Outer sections of windows on the house were ripped-off. Tree branches were wrapped around a swing set. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lasita | - | Wind gust estimated to around 60 mph. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Lasita | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonardville | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bala | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Walsburg | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Winkler | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Riley | 9.6 miles | 19 | |
| Randolph | 9.8 miles | 19 | |
| Keats | 17.8 miles | 25 | |
| Elm Hollow Corner | 19.4 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484763. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.