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Ardell, Kansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Trenton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67563. The Survey maps it on the Kinsley quadrangle.

Ardell within Edwards County

On record in Ardell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

17 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Ardell between 2015 and 2018, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
19 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEdwards County25
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEdwards County24
6 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEdwards County21
28 July 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service16
21 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreEdwards County18
9 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service10
18 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service5
4 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreEdwards County18

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Edwards County

Storms near this place

19 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ardell in 19 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindArdell1 hurtA truck driver from an overturned semi on Highway 50 had several deep cuts and gashes.
April 2025HailArdell-A public report of one inch hail.
July 2023Tornado (EF0)Ardell-There were numerous reports and pictures shared on social media of a highly visible, persistent, and fairly tall condensation funnel.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Ardell-This was a brief and weak tornado.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindArdell-Winds were estimated to be gusting to 60 MPH.
November 2012Thunderstorm WindArdell-Hail smaller than pea size was also reported with the wind.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindArdell-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
August 2010Heavy RainArdell-Rainfall of 5.00 was observed.
July 2010FloodArdell-The area received upwards to 10 inches of rainfall in the evening and overnight of the 4th. Runoff flooded most county roads from Offerle to 5 miles east of Offerle.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Ardell-This was a dusty circulation that was moving rapidly southeast. A barn was received minor EF0 damage but there basically was nothing else to strike.
May 2024HailArdell-no account filed
May 2019HailArdell-no account filed
June 2018HailArdell-no account filed
June 2014HailArdell-no account filed
April 2012HailArdell-no account filed
May 2008HailArdell-no account filed
April 2007HailArdell-no account filed
April 2007HailArdell-no account filed
May 2007HailArdell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edwards County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Offerle3.3 miles13
Kinsley4.8 miles18
Hodges8.4 miles19
Williams (historical)10.4 miles18
Nettleton11.1 miles19
Lewis13.1 miles19
Centerview13.5 miles18
Fellsburg18.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484643. 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.