BlockWreford, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lyon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66441. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wreford quadrangle.
On record in Wreford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Old Katy Bridgelisted 2003- Lyon Creek Rainbow Archlisted 2020
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Parkerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Parkerville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Wreford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Council Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Wreford between 2014 and 2020, burning about 1,030 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Geary County | 1344 |
| 19 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Geary County | 108 |
| 1 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 978 |
| 5 July 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 114 |
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 892 |
| 5 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Geary County | 1005 |
| 29 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 857 |
| 23 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 836 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wreford in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wreford | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wreford | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Wreford | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas Falls | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Junction City | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Grandview Plaza | 5.6 miles | 25 | |
| Alida | 10.5 miles | 25 | |
| Milford | 14.7 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484790. 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.