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Redel, Kansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Oxford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66085. It stands on Camp Branch. The Survey maps it on the Stilwell quadrangle.

Redel within Johnson County

On record in Redel

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

122 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Redel between 2006 and 2019, burning about 81 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism7
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County2480037
12 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreJohnson County2550029
11 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County2540028
11 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County2540058
4 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson County2160042
18 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County2300108
17 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2290163

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Redel: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Blue Valley MinesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blue Valley MinesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Kenneth2.0 miles22
Stanley2.4 miles20
Stilwell4.4 miles20
Aubry4.6 miles20
Morse5.0 miles20
Leawood9.4 miles27
Lackmans9.5 miles26
Bonita9.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 479572. 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.