BlockOscar, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Garfield Township. The Survey maps it on the Linn SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
- 1893 USGS Washington quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Linn SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Concordia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Oscar (historical) between 2015 and 2018, burning about 205 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 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500017 |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Clay County | 14 |
| 6 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Clay County | 9 |
| 5 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 154 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Center | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Morganville | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Green | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Vining | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Clay Center | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Idana | 13.2 miles | 14 | |
| Broughton (historical) | 14.1 miles | 14 | |
| Browndale | 16.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 483393. 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.