Gilbert, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lulu Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67420. The Survey maps it on the Beloit quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1894 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Gilbert between 2015 and 2020, burning about 78 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mitchell County | 6 |
| 28 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180013 |
| 18 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 70 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 17 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Mitchell County | 170010 |
| 21 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
| 9 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gilbert in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 2 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beloit | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Scottsville | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Asherville | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Solomon Rapids | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Simpson | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Glen Elder | 14.2 miles | 14 | |
| Coursens Grove (historical) | 14.7 miles | 15 | |
| Victor | 20.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484595. 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.




