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Tyler, 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.

Tyler 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

203 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Tyler between 2015 and 2019, burning about 83 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined120
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking13
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
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
6 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSedgwick County51490
29 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service57628
28 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSedgwick County55806
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service57132
25 September 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service56784
24 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service53833
2 September 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service51913
19 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service52937

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sedgwick County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tyler: 2 producers. 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
Walt Keeler Sand Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sedgwick County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tyler in 2 storm reports in 2008: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Thunderstorm WindTyler$1,000Several 4 to 5 inch diameter tree limbs were downed on Maize Road between Kellogg and Maple.
May 2008HailTyler-Reported at the intersection of 119th and Pawnee.

Every storm 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
The Dell1.0 miles20
Rolling Hills1.2 miles20
Meadowview1.7 miles20
Westlink Village2.0 miles20
County Acres2.1 miles20
Prospect2.4 miles20
Cessna2.7 miles20
Prospect Park3.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484668. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.