BlockYaggy, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67502. The Survey maps it on the Yaggy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Lyons 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
- 1960 USGS Yaggy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Yaggy between 2010 and 2020, burning about 845 acres in total. 2 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 | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 3144 |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 3424 |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 3359 |
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 3336 |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Reno County | 3338 |
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Reno County | 3246 |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2597 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hutchinson | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Adams Corner | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Nickerson | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| South Hutchinson | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Whiteside | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Obeeville | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Medora | 9.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484759. 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.