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Englevale, Kansas

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66712. The Survey maps it on the Arma quadrangle.

Englevale within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

65 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Englevale between 2015 and 2020, burning about 676 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
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
12 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service018-017
10 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service018-049
7 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCrawford County017-053
7 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service015-027
7 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service015-026
6 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service016-006
5 March 2016Debris and open burning30 acresKansas Forest Service016-049
5 March 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service016-051

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Englevale in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 WindEnglevale$75,000Winds estimated from 65 to 70 mph caused damage to a homes roof and overturned a semi truck on US Highway 69.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEnglevale$11,500Social media report of numerous trees down or uprooted. South side house gutters were damaged, with shingles blown off.
June 2019HailEnglevale-Dime and nickel sized hail was reported.
September 2009Heavy RainEnglevale-In 24 hours, 2.88 inches of rain was measured.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEnglevale-Trained spotter estimated 70 mph wind gusts.
June 2008Flash FloodEnglevale-The West Fork and the East Fork of Wood Creek flooded low lying areas of northeast Crawford County.
March 2013HailEnglevale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Polk3.6 miles24
Arma3.7 miles24
Croweburg4.1 miles24
Gross4.2 miles24
Mertz4.2 miles24
Red Onion4.3 miles24
Coalvale4.4 miles24
Barber4.6 miles24

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 EnglevaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5378112The 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 475154. 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.