BlockProspect Park, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wichita City. It lies in ZIP code area 67215. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wichita West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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 Wichita quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Wichita West quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Wichita West quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wichita West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
238 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 238 fires within 5 miles of Prospect Park between 2015 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 160 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 52170 |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 52163 |
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 51490 |
| 29 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 57628 |
| 27 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 57132 |
| 25 September 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 56784 |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 54103 |
| 24 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 56551 |
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 Prospect Park: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nest Robins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Walt Keeler Sand Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 474008. 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.