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Layton, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67024. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Vale East quadrangle.

Layton within Chautauqua County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Layton in 2020, burning about 2,400 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
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 April 2020Misuse of fire by a minor2,400 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Osro1.9 miles14
Wauneta2.6 miles14
Hewins2.9 miles14
Cedar Vale5.1 miles14
Gibbs5.7 miles13
Rogers8.2 miles13
Elgin8.8 miles14
Cloverdale10.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484427. 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.