BlockFellsburg, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67552. The Survey maps it on the Fellsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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 Kinsley quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Fellsburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fellsburg in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 16 hail, 3 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Fellsburg | - | This tornado did damage to trees and power lines along it's path. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF3) | Fellsburg | - | This EF3 tornado moved out of Kiowa county at 842 PM CDT and did considerable damage to a house, trees, power poles, pivot irrigation sprinkler and outbuildings and machinery. There was also considerable ground scouring in one wheat field. This tornado moved into Stafford county at 901 PM CDT and then shifted a little east towards the end of its existence and passed just south of Macksville. As the tornado was dissipating, a new and powerful tornado developed just to the southeast of Macksville. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Fellsburg | - | This tornado moved east-northeast and then turned southeast before dissipating. It destroyed power poles, a grain bin and carried or rolled a oil tank 1/4 of a mile. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | The hail was reported to be from quarter to golf ball sized. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | The observer reported that the hail was soft in nature. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Fellsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trousdale | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Centerview | 4.9 miles | 18 | |
| Williams (historical) | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lewis | 9.5 miles | 19 | |
| Belpre | 10.3 miles | 18 | |
| Hodges | 11.0 miles | 19 | |
| Kinsley | 14.6 miles | 18 | |
| Nettleton | 15.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 473754. 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.
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.