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Bremen, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66412. The Survey maps it on the Hanover East quadrangle. 51 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,316 feet above sea level.

Bremen within Marshall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

8 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bremen between 2015 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
24 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington County11
4 March 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
30 March 2020Debris and open burning20 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
24 February 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2
27 December 2016Equipment and vehicle use20 acresKansas Forest Service17
23 October 2015Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service11
19 October 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service12
12 October 2015Equipment and vehicle use80 acresKansas Forest Service10

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marshall County

Storms near this place

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bremen in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 27 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
May 1996Tornado (F0)Bremen$15,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindBremen$5,000High winds knocked down trees and caused power outages with minor roof damage to some buildings.
May 2023HailBremen-Half dollar sized hail reported.
May 2023HailBremen-Ping pong ball sized hail reported.
June 2022HailBremen-Quarter sized hail reported.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindBremen-Report of tree limbs down and bent quonset doors and mounts/hinges. Times estimated based on radar.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBremen-Two miles west of Highway 77 and State Line, 2 to 3 sheds have been completely blown down.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBremen-Estimated wind gust.
April 2016HailBremen-Five inch diameter hail measured. Report based on photo evidence via social media.
June 2015Flash FloodBremen-Flooding at several locations along Cherokee rd from 6th west to the Washington county line. Flooding was also occurring along 4th and 5th roads.
June 2015Flash FloodBremen-Multiple road closers due to flooding across the entire county.
June 2015Flash FloodBremen-Water has been reported running over Granite rd. A barricade has been put up to stop traffic from driving through the flooded road.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBremen-Reports of power lines down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindBremen-A trained spotter reported 60 mph winds.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Bremen-The tornado tracked out of Washington County and into Marshall county near 1st road and Cherokee road with several tree branches damaged along the remainder of its path. The final damage was noted 5.5 miles northeast of Bremen, near the intersection of Cherokee and 6th road around 1336 LST. The damage indicators were consistent with an ef-0 rating while in Marshall County with an estimated path width of 50 yards.
June 2018HailBremen-no account filed
June 2018HailBremen-no account filed
April 2016HailBremen-no account filed
April 2016HailBremen-no account filed
April 2016HailBremen-no account filed
June 2015HailBremen-no account filed
June 2015HailBremen-no account filed
June 2015HailBremen-no account filed
June 2015HailBremen-no account filed
June 2015HailBremen-no account filed
June 2015HailBremen-no account filed
May 2011HailBremen-no account filed
July 2011HailBremen-no account filed
July 2011HailBremen-no account filed
September 2010HailBremen-no account filed
April 2010HailBremen-no account filed
April 2010HailBremen-no account filed
April 2010HailBremen-no account filed
June 2005HailBremen-no account filed
September 2001HailBremen-no account filed
September 2001HailBremen-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBremen-no account filed
July 1997HailBremen-no account filed
October 1997Thunderstorm WindBremen-no account filed
June 1994HailBremen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marshall 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
Hermansberg2.5 miles15
Herkimer4.2 miles15
Lone Elm8.1 miles15
Marysville8.6 miles15
Marietta10.0 miles14
Shroyer10.8 miles15
Oketo10.9 miles14
Alcove Spring11.3 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on BremenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4960510The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472665. 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.