BlockSaint Joe, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Sumner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67108. The Survey maps it on the Garden Plain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Cheney quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Cheney quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Cheney quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Garden Plain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Saint Joe between 2015 and 2018, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 60 |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2869 |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2507 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Sedgwick County | 78 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 1923 |
| 18 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Sedgwick County | 1920 |
| 14 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 95 |
| 11 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2006 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haven | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Castleton | 15.0 miles | 14 | |
| Yoder | 15.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pretty Prairie | 15.4 miles | 13 | |
| Darlow | 17.6 miles | 13 | |
| Punkin Center | 18.4 miles | 15 | |
| Elmer | 18.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cruppers Corner | 18.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 473994. 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.