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Mahon, Kansas

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66012. The Survey maps it on the Bonner Springs quadrangle.

Mahon within Leavenworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 36 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

96 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Mahon between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,003 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined54
Debris and open burning17
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2710174
14 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLeavenworth County521
1 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresKansas State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service198
6 July 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service359
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKansas Forest Service191
27 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service510
27 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2080011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leavenworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mahon: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bonner Springs Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bonner Springs-Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Builders #2 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Underground Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Leavenworth 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
Little Kaw1.3 miles36
Coldspur2.6 miles36
Lenape2.8 miles22
Linwood5.5 miles23
South Basehor6.3 miles35
Stone6.5 miles35
Basehor7.2 miles35
Tonganoxie9.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484870. 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.