BlockWea, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Wea Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66013. The Survey maps it on the Bucyrus quadrangle. It stands 1,086 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 Bucyrus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
75 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Wea between 2006 and 2020, burning about 178 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 27 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2700111 |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 30 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 172 |
| 8 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 1890137 |
| 19 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 18 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1990003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wea: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 Wea | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199150 | 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 479415. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.