BlockOursler, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Centre Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66861. The Survey maps it on the Lincolnville SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Cottonwood Falls quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Lincolnville SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Lincolnville SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Oursler between 2015 and 2020, burning about 724 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 35 |
| 6 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 17 |
| 17 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 26 |
| 13 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 22 |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Marion County | 18 |
| 12 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Marion County | 19 |
| 11 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Marion County | MARION UPLAND ROAD |
| 10 February 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Marion County | 9 |
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 Oursler: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Quarry #81g | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sunflower Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 484817. 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.