BlockBloomington, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tilden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67473. It stands on Kill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bloomington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1896 USGS Osborne quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Bloomington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomington in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomington | $75,000 | A wind gust of 80 MPH was measured by a Kansas State Mesonet station located one mile north-northwest of Osborne. At least eight power poles were damaged in the area and tree damage was also reported. Outbuilding damage occurred in Bloomington as well as two miles west and one mile south of Bloomington. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Bloomington | $5,000 | An unofficial total of 2.6 inches of rain fell very quickly about 10 miles south of Alton within a span of an hour. Water was over the road in all low areas and roads were damaged. A road tube was washed out in one draw, and rock was washed off the roads in a three mile section, eight miles south of Alton. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomington | - | A wind gust of 65 MPH was measured by a mesonet located eight miles southwest of Osborne. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Bloomington | - | Brief touchdown was reported. |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Bloomington | - | Reported by Highway Patrol officer. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Bloomington | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Bloomington | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Bloomington | - | 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 472270. 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.
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.