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Moxham, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Creswell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67005. The Survey maps it on the Arkansas City quadrangle.

Moxham within Cowley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

145 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Moxham between 2015 and 2020, burning about 435 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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/undetermined59
Debris and open burning50
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1562
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCowley County1817
12 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1625
31 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1821
3 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCowley County1494
27 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service1787
22 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1488
6 July 2015Smoking10 acresKansas Forest Service1181

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowley County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Moxham: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Dowler Quarry & MillStone, DimensionProducer
Haynes Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcfarland Sand & Gravel Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cowley 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
Arkansas City3.6 miles15
Parkerfield3.7 miles13
Tresham3.8 miles14
Pleasant Valley (historical)4.1 miles13
Rainbow Bend6.1 miles13
Hackney6.4 miles13
Winfield9.1 miles14
Silverdale9.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484421. 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.