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Crestline, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Shawnee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66739. It stands on Little Shawnee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crestline quadrangle. 116 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 869 feet above sea level.

Crestline within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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 Crestline between 2015 and 2018, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3

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
29 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCherokee County237
4 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKansas Forest Service118
19 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCherokee County106
4 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCherokee County43
24 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCherokee County81
19 February 2017Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresCherokee County66
19 February 2017Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresCherokee County68
13 February 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresCherokee County55

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Crestline: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crestline and Badger - Peacock DistrictLead, ZincOccurrenceREPLACEMENT
Eastern Lead and Zinc CompanyZinc, LeadPast Producer1915, 1920
Unknown - Zn/PbZinc, LeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

46 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crestline in 46 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 22 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindCrestline$150,000Strong straight line winds downed multiple trees and damaged of destroyed several outbuildings near Messer Road and 110th Street. Debris was spread across a large area.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindCrestline$25,000Several power lines were reported down.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindCrestline$20,000Emergency management reported approximately 20 power poles were blown down about one mile west of Crestline on Highway 160.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCrestline$12,000An automated weather station at KOAM measured a 73 mph wind gust. Minor damage occurred to a few outbuilding east of the station.
May 2020HailCrestline$10,000A report of ping pong ball sized hail was received via MPing. Minor roof damage occurred to a home.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCrestline$10,000About eight power poles and lines were blown down on Highway 69.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindCrestline$5,000A three foot diameter tree was uprooted along with several other large tree limbs blown down. Shingles were blown off a house and several power poles were blown down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCrestline$2,000Wind gusts snapped a power pole north of Crestline.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCrestline$1,000Several trees were blown on to power lines near Crestline.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindCrestline$200Severe thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a highway sign.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCrestline-Winds were reported at 60 mph at a local radio station.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCrestline-Winds estimated at 75 mph downed power lines and multiple large limbs.
August 2020HailCrestline-Half dollar sized hail was reported.
August 2019HailCrestline-Half dollar sized hail was reported by law enforcement.
May 2019HailCrestline-Quarter sized hail was reported by emergency management.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCrestline-Wind gust was estimated at the KOAM-TV studios.
April 2015HailCrestline-Hail was reported from the size of quarters to up to ping pong size.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCrestline-Several trees were blown down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCrestline-Emergency management estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindCrestline-Severe thunderstorm winds were estimated by a storm spotter.
May 2007Flash FloodCrestline-Excessive rainfall over eastern Cherokee County caused flash flooding of small streams and creeks. Highway 69 near Crestline became impassable to motorist due to flooding over the roadway.
March 2007FloodCrestline-Heavy thunderstorms caused Shawnee Creek and several other smaller streams to flow out of their banks. Low water crossings along Shawnee Creek were flooded for several hours making them impassable to motorists.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Crestline-A law enforcement official observed a tornado briefly touching down in an open field northeast of Crestline.
March 2016HailCrestline-no account filed
April 2015HailCrestline-no account filed
April 2015HailCrestline-no account filed
April 2014HailCrestline-no account filed
June 2013Flash FloodCrestline-no account filed
June 2013Flash FloodCrestline-no account filed
March 2013HailCrestline-no account filed
March 2013HailCrestline-no account filed
July 2013HailCrestline-no account filed
April 2012HailCrestline-no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCrestline-no account filed
May 2009HailCrestline-no account filed
July 2008HailCrestline-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCrestline-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCrestline-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCrestline-no account filed
June 2008HailCrestline-no account filed
June 2008HailCrestline-no account filed
June 2008HailCrestline-no account filed
June 2008HailCrestline-no account filed
April 2004HailCrestline-no account filed
July 2003HailCrestline-no account filed
June 2001HailCrestline-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Badger3.9 miles19
Quaker3.9 miles20
Lawton5.1 miles19
Quakervale (historical)6.2 miles18
Empire City6.5 miles18
Riverton6.6 miles18
Neutral7.0 miles21
Galena7.4 miles18

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 CrestlineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5184587The 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 469323. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.