BlockBarclay, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Barclay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66523. The Survey maps it on the Reading quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Burlingame quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlingame quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Reading quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Barclay between 2015 and 2019, burning about 232 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 180150 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180105 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180098 |
| 13 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Osage County | 170109 |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Osage County | 170107 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180044 |
| 8 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Osage County | 170073 |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Osage County | 170074 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barclay in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 12 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 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 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Barclay | $246,000 | A tornado touched down 8 miles southsouthwest of Barclay and moved northeast before dissipating 6 miles south of Osage City. The tornado damaged farm buildings and machinery along its path. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind (F0) | Barclay | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | Measured with handheld anemometer. |
| June 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Barclay | - | A brief tornado developed south of Barclay, staying mostly over open fields but producing some minor tree damage. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | Small limbs down along with 60 mph wind estimate. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Barclay | - | Quarter size hail estimated. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | Wind gust to 64 mph was measured. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Barclay | - | Water two feet deep running over the road at the intersection of hwy K-170 and 277th rd. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | Large tree limbs were snapped near Barclay. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | An emergency manager reported a 70 mph wind gust near Osage City. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Barclay | - | A narrow damage path was noted to the northwest of the main tornado damage path associated with the Reading tornado. This path featured damage to trees and a cow pen. Trees were blown down to the west and the cow pen was blown toward the northeast within this narrow path. This tornado appeared to be separate from the main tornado that hit Reading and moved into Osage County. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Barclay | - | The tornado that hit Reading then moved out of Lyon County and into Osage County. It produced EF1 damage at one farmstead in Osage County before weakening and producing additional minor and sporadic tree damage. This segment is that portion of the tornado that moved out of Lyon County and into Osage County before dissipating south of Osage City. Another separate EF0 tornado was discovered on the northwest periphery of this main tornado track. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | An 8 inch tree limb was reported to have been blown down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | The main part of the wind event continued through Osage county where multiple reports of downed trees and tree limbs were received by the NWS. Radar was primarily used to determine the path of the wind, but Local Storm Reports were very instrumental in determining the times and severity of the damage. According to the local Emergency Manager, no significant damage was caused by the storm. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | Reported 30 inch diameter tree blown over, windows blown out of home and roof damage. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Barclay | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Barclay | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osage City | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Arvonia | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Peterton | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Olivet | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Ridgeton | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lyndon | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lyndon Station | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Burlingame | 12.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 479599. 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.