BlockSalter, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67010. The Survey maps it on the Douglass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Wichita quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Douglass quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Salter between 2005 and 2020, burning about 800 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 474 |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2245 |
| 18 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Butler County | 2501 |
| 24 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1999 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 379 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1515 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1518 |
| 3 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Butler County | 1791 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lorena | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Rose Hill | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lakeview Heights | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Augusta | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bois d' Arc | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Douglass | 6.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484681. 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.