BlockWichita, Iowa
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Seely Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50115. It stands on Frost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guthrie Center West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Omaha quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Guthrie Center West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Guthrie Center quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wichita in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wichita | $5,000 | Shingles blown off of a house. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Wichita | - | Emergency manager reported quarter sized hail. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Wichita | - | The was a narrow and weak tornado that was photographed by multiple individuals and witnessed by the county EM. Tornado movement was to the northwest. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Wichita | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guthrie Center | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Fanslers | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| North Branch | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bayard | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Panorama | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Monteith | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bagley | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Panora | 13.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 463021. 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.
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.