BlockCorinth, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Corinth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67437. It stands on East Twin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Downs South quadrangle. It stands 1,506 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 15 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.
- 1896 USGS Osborne quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Downs South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corinth in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2009: 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Corinth | $5,000 | Storm Chasers captured video of this tornado when it formed in eastern Osborne County. The tornado then moved northeast and crossed into Mitchell County east of Corinth. No major damage was noted in this portion of the tornado's path as it was in open country. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Corinth | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Corinth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forney | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Downs | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Osborne | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Portis | 12.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bloomington | 13.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cheyenne Gap (historical) | 14.6 miles | 13 | |
| Covert | 16.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cheyenne | 17.3 miles | 13 |
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 Corinth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5170622 | 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 484594. 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.