BlockPillsbury Crossing, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Zeandale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66502. It lies near Tabor Valley. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1889 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS St George quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. George quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Pillsbury Crossing between 2002 and 2020, burning about 884 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18505 |
| 3 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176019 |
| 2 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176009 |
| 14 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Riley County | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18195 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1175935 |
| 29 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 136 |
| 23 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeandale | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Fairmont | 6.6 miles | 27 | |
| Bluemont Hill | 7.7 miles | 27 | |
| Manhattan | 7.9 miles | 27 | |
| Sunset Park | 8.8 miles | 27 | |
| Eureka Lake | 10.6 miles | 25 | |
| Rocky Ford | 10.9 miles | 27 | |
| Ogden | 14.1 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484779. 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.