Vaughn, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Conkling Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67575. The Survey maps it on the Rush Center SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Larned quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Larned quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Rush Center SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Larned quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Vaughn in 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 15 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash Valley | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sanford | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bert Wettar | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Rozel | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Frizell | 12.7 miles | 15 | |
| Larned | 14.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hamburg | 16.1 miles | 15 | |
| Burdett | 16.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484745. 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.






