BlockPontiac, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Prospect Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67042. The Survey maps it on the Pontiac quadrangle.
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.
- 1888 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Pontiac between 2015 and 2020, burning about 654 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 | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1031 |
| 12 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1066 |
| 21 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 acres | Butler County | 723 |
| 15 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Butler County | 599 |
| 12 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 705 |
| 9 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 376 |
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 484692. 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.