Corbin, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 67022. The Survey maps it on the Perth quadrangle.
On record in Corbin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Spring Creek Schoollisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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 Caldwell quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:125000, 10 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Perth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Corbin between 2015 and 2019, burning about 158 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Sumner County | 21238 |
| 15 March 2015 | Smoking | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 21062 |
| 15 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 6 |
| 10 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
| 15 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Sumner County | 21231 |
| 14 February 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 21297 |
| 14 February 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 21418 |
| 31 December 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 30311 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corbin in 22 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | $150,000 | A combination of large hail and microburst straight-line winds caused extensive damage across south-central and southwest portions of Sumner County. At least two outbuildings, one of which was newly constructed, were heavily damaged. A residence sustained roof, siding and window damage, and a few vehicles sustained hail damage. Eight to ten power poles were snapped across the area, and five-inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | $10,000 | Several elm trees were knocked down, including one that was knocked down onto a garage. The tree collapsed the garage and it was considered a total loss. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | $3,750 | Powerlines were blown down. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Corbin | - | Quarter to two inch sized hail reported. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Corbin | - | The report was received via image on social media. |
| April 2015 | Flood | Corbin | - | Heavy rains had caused some nuisance flooding on county roads with a few being covered by shallow water. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Corbin | - | Flooding was reported along the Chikaskia River. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Corbin | - | Roadway flooded. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Heavy Rain | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Corbin | - | 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.
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 Corbin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5169754 | 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 470307. 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.






