BlockDispatch, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 67430. The Survey maps it on the Downs North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1893 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Downs North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Dispatch in 2015, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3232015 |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dispatch in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2011: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Hail | Dispatch | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flood | Dispatch | $15,000 | As a result of rainfall totals as high as 3 to 5 inches reported in the area, flooding occurred across southeastern portions of the county. A few county roads were reported covered in water, with some road closures lasting well into the day on the 25th. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Dispatch | $10,000 | Entered from Osborne county and exited to Jewell county |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dispatch | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Dispatch | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dispatch | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
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 472161. 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.