BlockGerlane, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Moore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67070. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gerlane quadrangle. It stands 1,398 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Gerlane quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gerlane in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2015: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gerlane | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gerlane | - | A 1.5 diameter tree branch was broken. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gerlane | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gerlane | - | A one foot diameter was blown down. The wind speed was approximated. |
| September 2008 | Flood | Gerlane | - | Gerlane Road was flooded near highway 281 mile marker 15. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Gerlane | - | Rainfall of 1.20 inches fell in 30 minutes. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Gerlane | - | Rainfall of 1.40 was reported in one hour. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Gerlane | - | This was a separate tornado near a rain wrapped tornado. It was over open range land and did not strike anything. It was clearly away from trees or any objects to damage. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Gerlane | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Gerlane | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Gerlane | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Gerlane | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Gerlane | - | 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.
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 Gerlane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5550937 | The 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 484521. 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.