BlockPortland, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Guelph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67140. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1890 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Portland between 2015 and 2020, burning about 210 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 131 |
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 126 |
| 10 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 535 |
| 19 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Sumner County | 222 |
| 1 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Sumner County | 209 |
| 8 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 106 |
| 5 December 2016 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 200 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Portland in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flood | Portland | - | A creek was out of its banks along the Kansas Turnpike and the water level was nearing the shoulder of the highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| South Haven | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Hunnewell | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rome | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Geuda Springs | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Drury | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Adamsville | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Paton | 11.9 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Portland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18343809 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 470058. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.