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Aubry, Kansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Aubry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66085. The Survey maps it on the Stilwell quadrangle.

Aubry within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

95 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Aubry between 2006 and 2019, burning about 132 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Other causes3
Fireworks1
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
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County2480037
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
27 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2700111
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
4 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson County2160042
30 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County1890137
19 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Aubry: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Valley MinesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blue Valley MinesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

6 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aubry in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
March 2021Tornado (EF0)Aubry$100,000The storm moved through a neighborhood and caused some damage to the residences. Several outbuildings were also heavily damaged or destroyed, but the tornado was deemed an EF-0. The most dramatic damage noted was a roof blown off the top of a garage where wind compromised the large entry doors and removed the roof from inside the building. The tornado crossed HWY 69 and dissipated near the Kansas and Missouri state line.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindAubry$50,000A camper was blown over, and a home under construction sustained significant damage.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAubry-Mping report of 3 inch tree limbs broken; power poles broken near Stilwell.
May 1997HailAubry-Dime-size hail was reported in a severe thunderstorm near Aubry.
May 2017HailAubry-no account filed
June 2016HailAubry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Stilwell0.8 miles20
Redel4.6 miles20
Stanley5.8 miles20
Morse6.2 miles20
Kenneth6.6 miles22
Ocheltree7.7 miles20
Bonita8.1 miles20
Spring Hill8.4 miles17

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 AubryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19864974The 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 479570. 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.