BlockVanora, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in El Dorado Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67042. It stands on Sutton Creek. The Survey maps it on the El Dorado SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1888 USGS Eldorado quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS El Dorado SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Vanora between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,404 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 228 |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Butler County | 986 |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butler County | 918 |
| 7 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 183 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1035 |
| 2 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Butler County | 779 |
| 5 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 930 |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 674 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Dorado | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Midian | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| East El Dorado | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Oil Hill | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Haverhill | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Prospect | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Towanda | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pickrell Corner | 6.4 miles | 15 |
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 Q122546873 | 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 484690. 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.