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Prospect, 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. The Survey maps it on the Wichita West quadrangle.

Prospect within Sedgwick County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

152 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Prospect between 2015 and 2019, burning about 149 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/undetermined89
Debris and open burning25
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking6
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSedgwick County51490
29 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service57628
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service57132
25 September 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service56784
24 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service53833
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service51913
19 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service52937
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service51079

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sedgwick County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Prospect: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Walt Keeler Sand Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sedgwick County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prospect in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Thunderstorm WindProspect$500A fence was blown down.

Every storm recorded in Sedgwick County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Prospect Park1.4 miles20
Schulte1.5 miles20
Cessna1.8 miles20
Tyler2.4 miles20
The Dell2.9 miles20
Oatville3.2 miles20
Murray Gill3.5 miles20
Rolling Hills3.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484669. 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.

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.