BlockAetna, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Aetna Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67057. It stands on East Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aetna 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.
- 1891 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Aetna quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Aetna in 2007, burning about 5,000 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 November 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,000 acres | Kansas Counties | AETNA FIRE |
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aetna in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 9 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Hail | Aetna | - | Report of dime to quarter size hail, relayed via social media. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aetna | - | Winds were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aetna | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH breaking several 2 to 3 inch diameter tree branches. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aetna | - | Winds were at least 60 mph with dime sized hail also reported. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Aetna | - | In addition to the hail heavy rain fell also. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Aetna | - | This tornado moved over open range country and turned north as it dissipated. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Aetna | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Aetna | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Aetna | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Aetna | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aetna | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Aetna | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Aetna | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Aetna | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484524. 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.