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Lorena, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bruno Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67002. The Survey maps it on the Santa Fe Lake quadrangle.

Lorena within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

137 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Lorena between 2005 and 2020, burning about 670 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning45
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Other causes1
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
7 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreButler County1127
6 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreButler County1122
30 September 2017Fireworksunder an acreButler County1219
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County54164
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButler County1168
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButler County1159
26 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreButler Countynot named
22 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButler County1065

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lorena: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Number 21 QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Butler 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
Prairie Village2.9 miles19
Midway2.9 miles19
Andover3.1 miles19
Sunset Acres3.2 miles19
Lakeview Heights3.2 miles19
Mecca Acres3.5 miles19
Augusta5.7 miles15
Salter5.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484671. 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.