Mathews Park, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Topeka City. It lies in ZIP code area 66609. The Survey maps it on the Wakarusa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Burlingame quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlingame quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Wakarusa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
- 1983 USGS Wakarusa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
501 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 501 fires within 5 miles of Mathews Park between 2006 and 2020, burning about 363 acres in total. None started naturally. 95 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 | 224 |
| Debris and open burning | 118 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 95 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee County | 15240 |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 16182 |
| 3 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee County | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Shawnee County | 127 |
| 29 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15109 |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 17446 |
| 22 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 14677 |
| 21 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Shawnee County | 938 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mathews Park: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Topeka Quarry & Mill | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Lindbloom Park | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Terra Heights | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Pauline | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Belmont | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Topeka | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Berryton | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Cullen Village | 4.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 479085. 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.








