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Spencer, Kansas

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Tecumseh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66542. It stands on Whetstone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grantville quadrangle.

Spencer within Shawnee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

129 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Spencer between 2015 and 2020, burning about 941 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee County951
16 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service1024
15 September 2018Debris and open burning10 acresKansas Forest Service1017
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKansas Forest Service876
3 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service18058
2 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service14040
13 August 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service900
8 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service8755

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawnee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Spencer: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Topeka Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Shawnee County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tecumseh2.6 miles22
Watson5.0 miles16
Belmont5.4 miles21
Oakland5.6 miles21
Lindbloom Park6.9 miles16
North Topeka7.2 miles21
Highland Park7.3 miles21
Mathews Park7.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484866. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.