Globe, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66524. The Survey maps it on the Globe quadrangle. It stands 1,056 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Globe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Globe between 2015 and 2020, burning about 394 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 191 |
| 23 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 407181 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Douglas County | 30 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Douglas County | 29 |
| 9 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 95 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 309181 |
| 6 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Douglas County | 306171 |
| 6 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 17 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Globe in 23 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. The reports record 12 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF2) | Globe | 12 hurt | NWS employees surveyed the track and found damage beginning around 2 miles southeast of Overbrook that continued northeast into Douglas county. The sporadic damage path continued to just east southeast of Lone Star Lake in Douglas County where it merged with a larger circulation that eventually become the long track violent tornado. This tornado did impact vehicles in the path of the tornado resulting in several injuries. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Globe | $1,800,000 | A 1.5 mile wide swath of very strong straight line or downburst winds moved west to east across the southern section of the county, just south of US Highway 56. Numerous homes, buildings, farms and barns reported varying degrees of damage. Crops in the area were also damaged or destroyed. This supercell storm also produced a brief tornado near Baldwin City (see other entries for details). |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Globe | $25,000 | A cement block silo was blown down. Several grain bins and tin sheds were damaged. Tin debris was blown nearly a quarter of a mile downstream. The house on the farm property had several windows broken out on its southern side. Several tree branches around 6 inches in diameter were blown down as well. The survey team estimated 75 to 80 mph winds at the residence. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Globe | $2,500 | Several power poles were blown down along East 550 Road and Highway 56 near Baldwin City. |
| September 2000 | Hail | Globe | $1,000 | Golfball size hail punched holes through a screen and damaged the siding on a house. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Globe | $1,000 | Strong winds damaged singles on a roof. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Globe | - | EM reported a porch torn off of a house and power poles down. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Globe | - | This is a continuation of the tornado track from Franklin County. Franklin and Douglas County Emergency Managers surveyed damage from a tornado that crossed the border between the two counties. A very well defined and continuous swath of enhanced damage from a brief tornado was noted from both Emergency Managers. No specific town was impacted by the tornado, but many rural residences and farmsteads sustained quite a bit of damage in the form of damaged homes and destroyed outbuildings, trailers, and grain bins. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Globe | - | A tornado touched down briefly over open country west of Globe and did no damage. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Globe | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Globe | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Globe | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Globe | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worden | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Star | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 8.5 miles | 18 | |
| Clinton | 8.9 miles | 20 | |
| Baldwin City | 11.3 miles | 17 | |
| Vinland | 12.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sibleyville | 12.9 miles | 19 | |
| Kanwaka | 13.2 miles | 21 |
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 Globe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5570948 | 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 484892. 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.







