Aliceville, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Avon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66093. The Survey maps it on the Aliceville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Aliceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Aliceville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 84 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 413 |
| 30 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coffey County | 186 |
| 20 March 2017 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Coffey County | 156 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Anderson County | 1758008 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Anderson County | 1758007 |
| 16 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 177 |
| 11 March 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 84 |
| 8 February 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | MAXWELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aliceville in 16 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 7 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Aliceville | - | A few inches of water flowing over Wayside Road between 14th and 15th Roads. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aliceville | - | At least 12 inch diameter limbs down, health of tree was unknown. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aliceville | - | Healthy pear tree with 8 to 10 inch diameter limbs broke off. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aliceville | - | Large tree limb fell on a home, the size was unknown. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aliceville | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aliceville | - | Three trees uprooted, a shed was destroyed, and a home damaged with an attic window blown out. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Aliceville | - | Over half a foot of water 30 yards flowing over 12th st. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aliceville | - | Several large trees were down along with minor building damage at 9th street and Wayside Road on the west side of Aliceville. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aliceville | - | Outbuildings were destroyed, and trees were falling. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Aliceville | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Aliceville | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Aliceville | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Aliceville | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Aliceville | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Aliceville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Aliceville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeRoy | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Burlington | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sharpe | 11.5 miles | 16 | |
| New Strawn | 12.5 miles | 16 | |
| Halls Summit | 14.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ottumwa | 15.6 miles | 16 | |
| Waverly | 16.7 miles | 17 | |
| Gridley | 18.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 477865. 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.








