BlockDellvale, Kansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Highland-District 2 Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67654. It lies near Spring Draw. The Survey maps it on the Reager quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1951 USGS Norcatur quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Reager quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Dellvale between 2010 and 2020, burning about 2,700 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/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Kansas Counties | WILDLIFE MGT AREA |
| 7 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,100 acres | Norton County | PRAIRIE DOG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dellvale in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023 | Hail | Dellvale | - | Report received of a mix of hail from pea to a quarter in size at location. Hail was estimated to accumulate up to around 3 to 6 inches on the roadways. Time duration is radar estimated. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Dellvale | - | Corn stalks 3-4 feet tall now stubs after wind and hail storm. Nickel size hail found at 9:30 AM the next day. The hail swath between CR V and CR Q, and another between CR W6 and CR E2. Hail was a foot deep in the ditches. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dellvale | - | Estimated wind gusts of 50-60 MPH. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Dellvale | - | The hail ranged from ping-pong ball to golf ball in size. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Dellvale | - | The hail size decreased to golf ball and ping-pong ball size hail five minutes later. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Dellvale | - | Golf ball to baseball size hail reported by spotter. Time estimated from Doppler radar. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dellvale | - | Spotter estimated peak winds to be around 60 mph. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Dellvale | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Dellvale | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484545. 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.