BlockWagstaff, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Ten Mile Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66071. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle. It stands 1,063 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Spring Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Wagstaff between 2006 and 2020, burning about 330 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Miami County | 234 |
| 29 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 5 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 11 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 156 |
| 30 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 178 |
| 29 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 148 |
| 9 May 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 15 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 149 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wagstaff in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Wagstaff | - | Golf ball sized hail reported east of Hillsdale. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wagstaff | - | Downed wires and power outages near Somerset Road near Wagstaff. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wagstaff | - | 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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Wagstaff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199146 | 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 479413. 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.