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Beaver, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67525. The Survey maps it on the Beaver quadrangle.

Beaver within Barton County

On record in Beaver

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 5 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Beaver between 2015 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBarton County17055
23 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
5 May 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresBarton County2
28 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service15010
13 January 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service16004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barton County

Storms near this place

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaver in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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
August 2011Thunderstorm WindBeaver$40,000Winds estimated around 70 to 80 mph produced extensive damage to a church in Dubuque in northern Barton county. An outbuilding was damaged, along with the church steeple. Additionally, several windows were broken out of the sacristy, and a wall of a quonset hut was blown away. Just east of Dubuque, the storm produced damage to some homes in the form of broken windows, damaged siding and shredded roofs. Consequently, hail likely occurred at times with the wind, but exact hail size remains unknown. However, reports further northwest in Russell county suggest hail could have been up to golfball size. Some area crops were also heavily damaged, but damage estimates are unknown. Property damage amounts are rough estimates. The Great Bend Tribune was the sole contributor to this report.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBeaver$18,000High winds knocked down several power poles.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBeaver$12,000Four power poles were knocked down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBeaver-The wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 to 70 mph.
May 2018HailBeaver-Based on image posted via Twitter.
April 2017HailBeaver-Lots of hail was reported ranging from pea sized to one inch.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBeaver-Law enforcement reported zero visibility and winds in excess of 60 mph.
November 2012Thunderstorm WindBeaver-The strong winds were reported by a trained spotter.
May 2008HailBeaver-The hail occurred in the town of Dubuque.
August 2020HailBeaver-no account filed
September 2015HailBeaver-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBeaver-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBeaver-no account filed
June 2008HailBeaver-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBeaver-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barton 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
Hitschmann4.7 miles13
Dubuque4.9 miles13
Susank5.7 miles13
Odin6.0 miles13
Redwing8.2 miles13
Stickney8.6 miles13
Farhman9.8 miles13
Hoisington10.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 475426. 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.