BlockO'Brien, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Osawatomie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66064. The Survey maps it on the Rantoul quadrangle.
On record in O'Brien
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.
Carey's Ford Bridgelisted 1990 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rantoul quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
55 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of O'Brien between 2015 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 236 |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 235 |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 62 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 179 |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 163 |
| 1 May 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 126 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 180020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names O'Brien in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 2 flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | O Brien | $10,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. Trees up to three feet in diameter, were uprooted or snapped off, at the Osawatomie golf course. There was also some shingle and roof damage reported with area residences. |
| March 2008 | Flood | O Brien | - | The Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie crested at 28.06 feet, or 0.06 of a foot above flood stage. |
| April 2007 | Flood | O Brien | - | The Marais Des Cygnes River in Osawatomie crested at 28.25 feet, or 0.25 feet above flood stage. |
| May 2019 | Hail | O Brien | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | O Brien | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484900. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.