BlockClaudell, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66951. It stands on Medicine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kirwin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Phillipsburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Kirwin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Norton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Claudell between 2002 and 2017, burning about 17 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Smith County | 2017005 |
| 20 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge | ID HUNTER |
| 19 February 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Smith County | 2017008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Claudell in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2008: 7 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Claudell | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Claudell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Claudell | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Claudell | $500 | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Claudell | $500 | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Claudell | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Claudell | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Claudell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Kensington | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Athol | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Gaylord | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Harlan | 14.4 miles | 12 | |
| Smith Center | 15.2 miles | 12 | |
| Reamsville | 20.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bellaire | 20.9 miles | 12 |
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 Claudell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16258504 | The 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 472055. 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.