BlockGreenbush, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66743. The Survey maps it on the Brazilton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1884 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Ft Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Girard quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Girard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Brazilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Greenbush in 2017, burning under an 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Crawford County | 6 |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenbush in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Hail | Greenbush | $100,000 | A picture from social media showed baseball size hail near Highway 47 and Highway 3. Several residences had damaged roofs and windows to homes. Several cars received severe damage with dents and cracked windshields. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | $50,000 | Power poles and lines were reported down causing power outages. One power line fell on an occupied vehicle. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | $25,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 70 mph destroyed a grain bin. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Greenbush | - | Report of street flooding from the heavy rainfall. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Greenbush | - | Report of quarter size hail. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Greenbush | - | Quarter size hail fell along the Neosho and Crawford county line. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Greenbush | - | Report of quarter size hail. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Greenbush | - | Quarter sized hail was reported via social media. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Greenbush | - | Water flowing over Highway 47 near Highway 3 closed the road to traffic in several places west of Girard. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Greenbush | - | The Mesonet station GRARD, in Greenbush reported a rainfall total of 3.56 inches. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Greenbush | - | There was nickel to quarter size hail at the intersection of Highway 47 and Highway 3. Wind was estimated up to 40 mph. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Greenbush | - | The intersection of Highway 47 and 90th Street was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | - | A Sheriff Deputy estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph. |
| November 2015 | Hail | Greenbush | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Greenbush | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Greenbush | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Greenbush | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenbush | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Greenbush | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 475130. 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.