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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2015Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015017 |
| 26 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 22-2015 |
| 12 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015009 |
| 4 December 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015021 |
| 22 January 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2016003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (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 2025 | Tornado (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 2024 | Heavy Rain | Brenham | - | Rainfall report of 1.80 inches. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (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 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Brenham | - | This tornado was brief and did not strike anything. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Brenham | - | This tornado apparently did not strike anything. |
| May 2008 | Heavy Rain | Brenham | - | Rainfall of 4.00 inches was recorded at a location 5 miles east of Greensburg. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Brenham | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Brenham | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Brenham | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Brenham | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Brenham | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Brenham | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Brenham | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Brenham | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brenham | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brenham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greensburg | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Haviland | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Wellsford | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| Joy | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Belvidere | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mullinville | 14.3 miles | 18 |
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.






