Upola, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Oak Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67352. The Survey maps it on the Buxton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Independence quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Buxton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Upola between 1996 and 2020, burning about 13,352 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Elk County | 17072 |
| 7 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1500076 |
| 10 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Elk County | 17058 |
| 9 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 2 May 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Elk County | 17056 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1864 |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 240 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1862 |
| 18 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Elk County | 17051 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Upola in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2008: 2 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Upola | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Upola | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busby | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Valley | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Longton | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cave Springs | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| Elk Falls | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Fiat | 14.0 miles | 19 | |
| Howard | 14.5 miles | 13 | |
| Moline | 16.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484494. 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.
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.










