Boyd, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eureka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67544. The Survey maps it on the Hoisington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Russell quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Hoisington quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Russell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Boyd between 2015 and 2017, burning about 159 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
| 3 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Barton County | 2017055 |
| 1 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 155 acres | Barton County | 2017041 |
| 9 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Barton County | 2017023 |
| 5 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Barton County | 2017016 |
| 22 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Barton County | 2017013 |
| 21 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Barton County | 2017011 |
| 21 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Barton County | 2017012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boyd in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Boyd | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoisington | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| South Hoisington | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Olmitz | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Kanbrick | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Heizer | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Stickney | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Millard | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Susank | 9.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484736. 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.





