Asherville, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Asherville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67420. It stands on Asher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Simpson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Minneapolis quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Simpson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Asherville between 2016 and 2020, burning about 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.5 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 17 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Mitchell County | 6 |
| 21 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Asherville in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 19 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2014 | Hail | Asherville | $750,000 | At 640 am CDT, law enforcement reported that there were fields with destroyed crops due to the combination of golf ball size hail and strong wind. These fields were on both the north and south sides of Highway 24 from Roads 350 to 380. At 651 am CDT, Law enforcement reported that golf ball size hail was covering Highway 24. A semi-truck slid off the road and overturned at the intersection of Highway 24 and Road 380 due to the copious amount of hail on the road. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Asherville | $750,000 | Significant home damage was reported in this area. Approximately another mile and a half east, a farm Quonset was destroyed. The sheriff estimated that winds were at least 90 mph. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Asherville | $300,000 | Hail ranging in size from golf balls to baseballs was reported in this area. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Asherville | $25,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in the Asherville area. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Asherville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Asherville | $15,000 | Water was rapidly flowing across highway 9 in areas between Beloit and the Cloud county line. Water was also running over highway 14 in northern Mitchell county near the Jewell county line, as well as in and around Beloit. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Asherville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Asherville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Asherville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Asherville | $50 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Asherville | - | Pea to nickel size hail occurred with heavy rain. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Asherville | - | Storm total rainfall topped out at 2.40 inches, most of which fell in about an hour. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Asherville | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Asherville | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Asherville | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Asherville | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Asherville | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Asherville | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Asherville | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Asherville | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Asherville | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Asherville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simpson | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Gilbert | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Beloit | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Coursens Grove (historical) | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Scottsville | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Solomon Rapids | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Glen Elder | 18.7 miles | 14 | |
| Victor | 19.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 475976. 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.





