BlockSwissvale, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Elk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66414. The Survey maps it on the Overbrook quadrangle.
On record in Swissvale
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Karnes Stone Barnlisted 2004 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Burlingame quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlingame quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Overbrook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Swissvale between 2015 and 2020, burning about 711 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 54 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 56 |
| 18 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Osage County | 196 |
| 23 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
| 10 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee County | 579 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1800134 |
| 21 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 506 |
| 15 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overbrook | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral Springs | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Carbondale | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Four Corners | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Scranton | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Michigan Valley | 10.9 miles | 15 | |
| Vassar | 13.1 miles | 15 | |
| Lyndon Station | 14.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484891. 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.