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Trenton, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Elm Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67401. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle.

Trenton within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

70 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Trenton between 2015 and 2018, burning about 216 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSaline County2173
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2257
3 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSaline County1967
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2228
27 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSaline County1918
26 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2068
26 August 2017Smokingunder an acreSaline County1910
17 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service1892

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline 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 Trenton: 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
Knox Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Shipton2.6 miles16
Salina3.8 miles16
Marydel5.6 miles16
Hedville6.2 miles17
New Cambria7.6 miles16
Bavaria8.4 miles17
Phillips Village (historical)9.1 miles17
Mentor10.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476631. 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.