Arvonia, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Arvonia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66523. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lebo quadrangle.
On record in Arvonia
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Arvonia Township Halllisted 2017 · 0.0 miles away
Calvinistic Methodist Churchlisted 2012 · 0.0 miles away
Arvonia Schoollisted 2012 · 0.1 miles away
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
- 1957 USGS Lebo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Arvonia between 2015 and 2020, burning about 261 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 486 |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 190 |
| 13 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Osage County | 170109 |
| 11 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 174 |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Osage County | 170107 |
| 29 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 128 |
| 13 March 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 159 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arvonia in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 5 hail, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arvonia | - | Estimated wind gust of 65 mph. |
| October 2023 | Flash Flood | Arvonia | - | Report from county dispatch of water over highway K170, 6 miles south of Osage City. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arvonia | - | Tree and shed damage. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arvonia | - | Power lines were down on K-174 in Osage county. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Arvonia | - | Water over the road at intersection of Hoch rd and Lake rd. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Arvonia | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Arvonia | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Arvonia | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arvonia | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Arvonia | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Arvonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ridgeton | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Olivet | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Barclay | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Osage City | 10.8 miles | 14 | |
| Melvern | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lyndon | 13.3 miles | 16 | |
| Peterton | 13.6 miles | 14 | |
| Lyndon Station | 14.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 477554. 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.








