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Deerhead, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Deerhead Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67071. The Survey maps it on the Deerhead quadrangle. It stands 1,949 feet above sea level.

Deerhead within Barber County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Deerhead in 2008, burning about 3,000 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
14 April 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,000 acresKansas CountiesLARKIN

Every fire recorded in Barber County

Storms near this place

37 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deerhead in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 22 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 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 2026Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-A COOP observer reported a 70 mph wind gust.
August 2024HailDeerhead-The hail report was observed and estimated by a trained spotter.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-A steel building was destroyed and a 5 foot diameter tree was blown down. In addition, a flag pole was bent over by the high wind.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Deerhead-At times there was continuous contact with the ground (where tree damage was observed and it was at its largest). Otherwise, the contact with the ground was intermittent.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2013Funnel CloudDeerhead-A spotter reported several funnel clouds just southwest of this location.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-Six to eight inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind.
July 2013HailDeerhead-The hail the size of peas to pennies was 2 to 3 inches deep. Leaves on trees were stripped.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-A semi trailer was blown over near the house.
July 2009HailDeerhead-The hail was pea to nickel sized.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Deerhead-This tornado turned north as it was dissipating. It produced minor tree damage.
July 1999HailDeerhead-Three inches of rain with the storm.
June 2019HailDeerhead-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-no account filed
September 2015HailDeerhead-no account filed
August 2013HailDeerhead-no account filed
August 2013HailDeerhead-no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-no account filed
March 2012HailDeerhead-no account filed
March 2012HailDeerhead-no account filed
June 2011HailDeerhead-no account filed
June 2011HailDeerhead-no account filed
May 2011HailDeerhead-no account filed
June 2011HailDeerhead-no account filed
June 2008HailDeerhead-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-no account filed
May 2008HailDeerhead-no account filed
September 2007HailDeerhead-no account filed
September 2007HailDeerhead-no account filed
September 2007HailDeerhead-no account filed
May 2007Funnel CloudDeerhead-no account filed
May 2007HailDeerhead-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-no account filed
July 1999HailDeerhead-no account filed
June 1996HailDeerhead-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDeerhead-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barber 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
Lake City9.3 miles14
Sun City9.7 miles14
Aetna11.0 miles14
Forest City11.2 miles14
Mingona13.1 miles14
Eldred15.0 miles14
Medicine Lodge17.8 miles14
Elm Mills18.0 miles14

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 DeerheadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5250940The 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 484520. 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.