Darlow, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67501. The Survey maps it on the Elmer quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Cheney quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1891 USGS Cheney quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Cheney quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Darlow between 2015 and 2018, burning about 124 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 75 |
| 2 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 76 |
| 26 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2920 |
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2812 |
| 13 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Reno County | 231 |
| 12 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Reno County | 68 |
| 26 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 55 |
| 7 April 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 53 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Darlow in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 1999: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1999 | Hail | Darlow | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Darlow | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cruppers Corner | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Elmer | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Yoder | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Castleton | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Whiteside | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| South Hutchinson | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Partridge | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hutchinson | 8.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 473641. 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.







