Tolerville, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bel Aire City. It lies in ZIP code area 67220. The Survey maps it on the Valley Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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
- 1941 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:31680
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
274 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Tolerville between 2008 and 2020, burning about 61 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 178 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 51529 |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 51352 |
| 24 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 55187 |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 56360 |
| 22 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 54752 |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 44797 |
| 31 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 6617 |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 50026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellaire | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Arthur Heights | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Kechi | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Minneha | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Wichita Heights | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Greenwich | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Park City | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Eastborough | 4.5 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122569618 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484657. 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.









