BlockVan Arsdale, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Sedgwick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67114. It stands on West Emma Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sedgwick quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sedgwick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Sedgwick quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
58 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Van Arsdale between 2015 and 2020, burning about 177 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Harvey County | 18218 |
| 20 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1502539 |
| 31 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2519 |
| 28 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Harvey County | 1702393 |
| 10 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Harvey County | 111 |
| 4 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1501774 |
| 3 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Harvey County | 93 |
| 3 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 123 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| McGraw | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Creek | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Halstead | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Newton | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sedgwick | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| North Newton | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Zimmerdale | 7.4 miles | 18 |
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 Q122596902 | 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 484648. 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.