BlockYankee Run, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Empire Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67444. It stands on Alum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carneiro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Ellsworth quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Carneiro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Russell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Yankee Run between 2011 and 2017, burning about 2,400 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | McPherson County | 55 |
| 6 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | McPherson County | 33 |
| 10 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,380 acres | Kansas Counties | HORSETHIEF |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venango | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Kanopolis Lake Park | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Carneiro | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Terra Cotta | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Langley | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Midway | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Arcola | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Kanopolis | 8.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 475473. 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.