BlockMerrick, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pike Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66801. It stands on Moon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Emporia quadrangle.
On record in Merrick
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Kress Buildinglisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1888 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Merrick between 2000 and 2020, burning about 481 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2634 |
| 21 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2584 |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lyon County | 2562 |
| 11 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | EMPOR AST |
| 5 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2312 |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2300 |
| 23 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2304 |
| 9 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lyon County | 1890 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Hills | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Emporia | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Emporia Junction | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Plymouth | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Americus | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lang | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Olpe | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| Neosho Rapids | 13.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484820. 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.