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Frizell, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Santa Fe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67550. The Survey maps it on the Fort Larned quadrangle.

Frizell within Pawnee County

On record in Frizell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

5 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Frizell between 1995 and 2018, 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
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
21 July 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFort Larned National Historic SiteJOHN 2
2 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service5
14 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service12
13 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service10
6 March 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pawnee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Frizell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eakin Sand and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Pawnee County

Storms near this place

18 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frizell in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 2026HailFrizell-A public report of 1.5 inch hail.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindFrizell-The visibility was reduced in blowing dust.
April 2021HailFrizell-Penny to quarter sized hail covering the ground.
May 2014Tornado (EF1)Frizell-This was a multiple vortex tornado. A sprinkler irrigation sprinkler was overturned along with some tree damage.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindFrizell-Power lines were blown down by the high wind.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindFrizell-Wind gusts were estimated to be 70 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindFrizell-Power poles were blown down in the area.
October 2001HailFrizell-The hail fell 2 miles south of Fort Larned which is also in the location locals call Frizel.
April 2021HailFrizell-no account filed
April 2021HailFrizell-no account filed
June 2020HailFrizell-no account filed
April 2017HailFrizell-no account filed
May 2015Heavy RainFrizell-no account filed
June 2015HailFrizell-no account filed
June 2014HailFrizell-no account filed
May 2009HailFrizell-no account filed
April 2007HailFrizell-no account filed
May 2002HailFrizell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pawnee 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
Hamburg3.6 miles15
Sanford5.4 miles15
Larned6.2 miles15
Garfield6.3 miles15
Bert Wettar8.4 miles15
Ash Valley9.6 miles15
Zook10.1 miles15
Rozel10.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484751. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.