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Castleton, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Castleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67501. It stands on Red Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castleton quadrangle. 256 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 1,470 feet above sea level.

Castleton within Reno County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

11 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Castleton between 2015 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning2
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
2 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service75
26 June 2015Equipment and vehicle use18 acresKansas Forest Service55
8 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service56
7 April 2015Arson/incendiarism25 acresKansas Forest Service53
4 April 2015Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresKansas Forest Service51
4 April 2015Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKansas Forest Service52
23 April 2020Natural15 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
10 April 2015Arson/incendiarism140 acresKansas Forest Service58

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reno County

Storms near this place

23 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castleton in 23 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 13 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCastleton$500A road sign as well as a few tree limbs were downed.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCastleton-A semi was blown over near K14 and Parallel Road. A separate vehicle was also damaged.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCastleton-A semi truck and trailer were blown over.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCastleton-Nickel sized hail was also reported.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCastleton-Heavy rains were also reported.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindCastleton-Reported by a trained spotter.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCastleton-Relayed by the Emergency Management office.
May 2008HailCastleton-Hail covered the ground.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCastleton-AGTAP RN406.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCastleton-No dollar estimate available. However, the 52kt winds were accompanied by pea-sized hail that damaged approximately 75,000 acres of wheat resulting in potential losses reaching 25 million bushels. (See 1444 entry for 4NE Partridge).
July 2013HailCastleton-no account filed
April 2009HailCastleton-no account filed
May 2008HailCastleton-no account filed
May 2008HailCastleton-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCastleton-no account filed
April 2002HailCastleton-no account filed
April 2001HailCastleton-no account filed
June 1998HailCastleton-no account filed
June 1998HailCastleton-no account filed
June 1998HailCastleton-no account filed
July 1997HailCastleton-no account filed
July 1997HailCastleton-no account filed
July 1997HailCastleton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Reno 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
Darlow5.1 miles13
Pretty Prairie6.6 miles13
Cruppers Corner7.2 miles13
Elmer7.3 miles13
Yoder7.3 miles13
Partridge9.5 miles13
Whiteside9.9 miles16
Haven10.1 miles13

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 CastletonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5050620The 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 473798. 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.