BlockFloral, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67156. It stands on Dutch Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Salem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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 Burden quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS New Salem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Floral between 2001 and 2018, burning about 752 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Cowley County | 2210 |
| 14 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | not named |
| 12 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cowley County | 2232 |
| 28 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cowley County | 66 |
| 6 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 35 |
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Cowley County | 825 |
| 3 April 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015071 |
| 22 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Cowley County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floral in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 1999: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Floral | $10,000 | Barn destroyed and trees blown down. Time of occurence estimated. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Floral | - | 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 484491. 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.