BlockNolan, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cleveland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66544. The Survey maps it on the Wheaton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Seneca quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wheaton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Blue Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Nolan between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,866 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,800 acres | Kansas Forest Service | LILLIS |
| 22 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Pottawatomie County | 4003 |
| 22 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Nemaha County | 4 |
| 10 November 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 4002 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillis | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sullivan | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Vermillion | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| Vliets | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| Frankfort | 12.1 miles | 14 | |
| Winifred | 17.6 miles | 14 | |
| Reedsville | 19.7 miles | 14 | |
| Axtell | 21.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484638. 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.