BlockSpence, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66945. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hanover West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hanover West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Blue Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Spence between 2015 and 2017, burning about 102 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington County | 11 |
| 15 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington County | 5 |
| 7 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 3 |
| 16 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 4 |
| 24 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
| 27 December 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 17 |
| 23 October 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
| 19 October 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hollenberg | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Washington | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Morrowville | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| Greenleaf | 14.2 miles | 15 | |
| Barnes | 15.6 miles | 15 | |
| Enosdale | 16.3 miles | 13 | |
| Linn | 19.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484611. 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.