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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.

Gilbert within Mitchell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

11 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMitchell County6
28 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service180013
18 April 2020Recreation and ceremony70 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
17 March 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresMitchell County170010
21 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service25
9 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mitchell County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023HailGilbert$25,000Crop damage was reported in the area.
July 2024HailGilbert-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mitchell 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
Beloit3.9 miles13
Scottsville6.3 miles13
Asherville6.3 miles15
Solomon Rapids8.0 miles12
Simpson8.9 miles15
Glen Elder14.2 miles14
Coursens Grove (historical)14.7 miles15
Victor20.7 miles12

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.