BlockBatesville, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Toronto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66783. The Survey maps it on the Toronto SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1886 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Toronto SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Batesville between 2003 and 2006, burning about 479 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 4 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 2 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 4 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 26 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 15 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 13 April 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 130 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 1 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Woodson County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Batesville in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 9 hail, 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | $50,000 | Numerous trees were down west of Yates Center. The Emergency manager also reported damage to several outbuildings and metal structures between 70th and 100th streets, including along highway 54. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Batesville | $100 | Low water crossings across the southern half of the county were impassible due to high water. |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EF2) | Batesville | - | Rural fire department surveyed the damage to a farmstead which had four outbuildings destroyed. A trailer, which was attached to a pickup, was tossed a quarter of a mile. There was some damage to the windows on the house and hardwood trees on the property had broken limbs. The rest of the damage in the county was to trees with branches broken. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Batesville | - | Numerous roads across the county were reported as flooded. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Batesville | - | Reports of minor street flooding was noted at many low water crossings across the county. |
| March 2004 | Flash Flood | Batesville | - | Significant flash flooding occurred 3-4 miles west of Batesville on Highway 54, just east of Greenwood County line. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Batesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Batesville | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484695. 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.