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Treece, Kansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lyon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66778. It lies near Blue Mound. The Survey maps it on the Neutral quadrangle. 138 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 840 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Treece within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

188 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Treece (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,138 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 38 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/undetermined60
Natural40
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism38
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony2

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
30 September 2000Arson/incendiarism50 acresMiami AgencySNAKE PIT
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresMiami AgencyTOMLISON
29 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMiami AgencyTURKEY RUN
22 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMiami AgencyVINE
1 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresMiami AgencyPIUS
31 August 2010Debris and open burning1.3 acresMiami AgencyFISHERS
29 August 2010Debris and open burning5.5 acresMiami AgencyCRAWFISH
19 August 2012Natural2.3 acresMiami AgencyMINERAL HIEGHTS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 135 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 135 workings within 5 miles of Treece (historical): 120 past producers, 12 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Humble Sand PitClayProducer
Central Mill & SempleStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Epperson Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
James Orr Chubb LandZincPast Producer1935
Stover TractZincPast Producer1935
Bingham Sand & Gravel Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blue GooseSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bryan Chat Company Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dale Epersons Trucking Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eagle-Picher Mining Co Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Cravensville2.1 miles21
Keelville4.7 miles19
Commonwealth5.4 miles18
Baxter Junction5.5 miles18
Baxter Springs5.9 miles18
Melrose6.4 miles19
Neutral7.2 miles21
Lowell8.2 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on Treece (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2384288The 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 469375. 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.