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.
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.
- Redel Historic Districtlisted 1996 · 0.2 miles away
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.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
122 since 2006Regional 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/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2480037 |
| 12 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Johnson County | 2550029 |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2540028 |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2540058 |
| 4 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Johnson County | 2160042 |
| 18 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2300108 |
| 17 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2290163 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Valley Mines | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Valley Mines | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 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.








