BlockBreton, Kansas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67753. The Survey maps it on the Breton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Breton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Breton in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breton | $2,500 | One section of a seven section irrigation pivot was overturned by thunderstorm outflow winds. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Breton | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breton | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breton | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Breton | - | 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 471211. 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.