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The Dell, Kansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wichita City. It lies in ZIP code area 67209. The Survey maps it on the Wichita West quadrangle.

The Dell within Sedgwick County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

160 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of The Dell between 2015 and 2019, burning about 84 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined88
Debris and open burning32
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSedgwick County51490
29 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service57628
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service57132
24 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service53833
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service51913
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service51079
4 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County44691
22 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSedgwick County48356

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sedgwick 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 The Dell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Globe Construction Co. Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sedgwick 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
Tyler1.0 miles20
Rolling Hills1.1 miles20
Westlink Village1.6 miles20
Meadowview2.1 miles20
County Acres2.3 miles20
Prospect2.9 miles20
Cessna3.6 miles20
Schulte3.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 474013. 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.