BlockRonald, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Marmaton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66701. It stands on Paint Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marmaton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1884 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Ft Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Marmaton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Ronald between 2015 and 2020, burning about 1,353 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 | 19 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bourbon County | 210 |
| 24 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 134 |
| 7 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Bourbon County | 120 |
| 4 April 2015 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 151 |
| 4 April 2015 | Smoking | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 150 |
| 17 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 153 |
| 16 April 2015 | Smoking | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 166 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollister | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Marmaton | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Redfield | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Godfrey | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Edward | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Hiattville | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| Fort Scott | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Pawnee Station | 6.4 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484698. 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.