Obeeville, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hutchinson City. It lies in ZIP code area 67501. The Survey maps it on the Hutchinson SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hutchinson SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
137 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Obeeville between 2004 and 2018, burning about 3,621 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 80 |
| 23 September 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Reno County | 55 |
| 9 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2715 |
| 4 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2959 |
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2939 |
| 29 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Reno County | 3036 |
| 29 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Reno County | 3034 |
| 27 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2938 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Obeeville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Interpace Salt Mine & Mill | Salt | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Punkin Center | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| South Hutchinson | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Medora | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Buhler | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Elmer | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cruppers Corner | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Yoder | 8.2 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122566737 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 477977. 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.





