BlockOak Valley, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oak Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67344. It stands on Bloody Run. The Survey maps it on the Oak Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Sedan quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Oak Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Oak Valley between 2014 and 2020, burning about 5,700 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1874 |
| 25 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Elk County | 17064 |
| 10 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Elk County | 17058 |
| 9 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500066 |
| 7 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 215 acres | Elk County | 17047 |
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Elk County | 17044 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1864 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oak Valley: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bollinger County Highway Dept. Sg | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Trentham S&G Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 469858. 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.