BlockMiddletown, Kansas
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Webster Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66736. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1938 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:48000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Middletown quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Middletown between 2002 and 2018, burning about 887 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Wilson County | 2017037 |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015040 |
| 7 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 375 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018009 |
| 1 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2015032 |
| 12 March 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 160 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 8 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015014 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyville | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Roper | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Buffalo | 7.2 miles | 22 | |
| Benedict | 7.9 miles | 24 | |
| Benedict Junction | 8.2 miles | 24 | |
| Rest | 10.2 miles | 22 | |
| Guilford | 10.3 miles | 23 | |
| New Albany | 11.8 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484702. 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.