BlockRockford, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66779. The Survey maps it on the Moran SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Iola quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Iola quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Iola quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Moran SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Rockford (historical) between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,777 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 228 |
| 30 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018009 |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 55 |
| 21 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Allen County | 2017009 |
| 17 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Bourbon County | 87 |
| 16 March 2015 | Smoking | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 100 |
| 12 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018005 |
| 12 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015013 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porterville | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Petersburg | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Uniontown | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Bronson | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hiattville | 9.8 miles | 22 | |
| Redfield | 10.5 miles | 19 | |
| Hollister | 11.4 miles | 20 | |
| Marmaton | 13.0 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 485538. 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.