Allendorph, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66401. It stands on South Branch Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Allendorph quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1885 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Allendorph quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Council Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Allendorph between 2015 and 2020, burning about 163 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wabaunsee County | 52 |
| 3 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 58 |
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 55 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 61 |
| 2 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 32 |
| 14 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 24 |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Allendorph: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuewe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allendorph in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Hail | Allendorph | - | Report from mping. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Allendorph | - | Report from mping. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allendorph | - | Small tree branches were falling. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Allendorph | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122569175 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476747. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.






