BlockPenfield, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Mound Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67354. The Survey maps it on the Mound Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1946 USGS Mound Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Mound Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Mound Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Penfield between 2017 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Labette County | 29 |
| 3 March 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 180012 |
| 15 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 26 |
| 4 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Labette County | 11 |
| 6 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 12 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 27 January 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Labette County | 170003 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484443. 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.