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Brenham, Kansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kiowa Rural Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67059. The Survey maps it on the Brenham quadrangle.

Brenham within Kiowa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Brenham between 2015 and 2020, burning about 22 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
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
15 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresKansas Forest Service2015017
26 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
22 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service22-2015
12 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresKansas Forest Service2015009
4 December 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresKansas Forest Service2015021
22 January 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2016003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kiowa County

Storms near this place

17 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brenham in 17 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 10 hail, 5 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 2025Tornado (EF3)Brenham-A NWS storm survey confirmed reports of a tornado with damage including snapped power poles, debarked trees, tossed irrigation pivots, and other damage.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Brenham-Short-lived satellite tornado off of the larger main votex farther east. Total path just under 3 miles and width no more than 50 yards with peak winds of 90 mph.
May 2024Heavy RainBrenham-Rainfall report of 1.80 inches.
April 2012Tornado (EF1)Brenham-This was a satellite tornado to the southeast and east of the larger tornado. This satellite tornado damaged trees and a mobile home.
April 2012Tornado (EF0)Brenham-This tornado was brief and did not strike anything.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Brenham-This tornado apparently did not strike anything.
May 2008Heavy RainBrenham-Rainfall of 4.00 inches was recorded at a location 5 miles east of Greensburg.
May 2022HailBrenham-no account filed
May 2022HailBrenham-no account filed
May 2018HailBrenham-no account filed
April 2017HailBrenham-no account filed
June 2015HailBrenham-no account filed
April 2013HailBrenham-no account filed
April 2012HailBrenham-no account filed
June 2009HailBrenham-no account filed
June 2008HailBrenham-no account filed
June 2008HailBrenham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kiowa 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
Greensburg4.5 miles18
Haviland5.4 miles18
Wellsford9.5 miles18
Joy9.9 miles18
Belvidere12.9 miles13
Mullinville14.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484673. 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.