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Arnold, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67515. The Survey maps it on the Arnold quadrangle.

Arnold within Ness County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Arnold between 2016 and 2017, burning about 145 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 May 2017Debris and open burning40 acresNess County17U5052
5 May 2017Arson/incendiarism80 acresNess County17U5051
11 October 2016Natural25 acresKansas Forest Service16U1011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ness County

Storms near this place

26 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arnold in 26 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 21 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1997Thunderstorm WindArnold$1,000Three inch tree limbs blown down.
July 2016HailArnold-The hail covered the ground.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindArnold-Tree limbs of up to five inches in diameter were broken.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Arnold-This was a weak tornado that briefly made contact with the ground.
May 2008Tornado (EF2)Arnold-This was a satellite tornado that moved south on the west side of its large parent tornado. EF2 damage was done to trees (uprooted).
May 2003HailArnold-The hail completely covered the ground.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindArnold-A roof was blown off a building by the high wind.
April 2024HailArnold-no account filed
August 2020HailArnold-no account filed
May 2017HailArnold-no account filed
June 2017HailArnold-no account filed
April 2017HailArnold-no account filed
April 2015HailArnold-no account filed
September 2015HailArnold-no account filed
September 2015HailArnold-no account filed
May 2013HailArnold-no account filed
June 2012HailArnold-no account filed
May 2010HailArnold-no account filed
June 2008HailArnold-no account filed
August 2007HailArnold-no account filed
June 2005HailArnold-no account filed
August 2003HailArnold-no account filed
May 2003HailArnold-no account filed
June 2002HailArnold-no account filed
June 2000HailArnold-no account filed
September 1994HailArnold-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ness 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
Ransom6.0 miles13
Utica6.6 miles8
Osgood10.8 miles13
Laird13.3 miles8
Ness City14.9 miles15
Beeler15.6 miles8
Brownell15.9 miles13
Bazine23.1 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on ArnoldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4794912The 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 484557. 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.