BlockHalford, Kansas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in North Randall Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67701. The Survey maps it on the Halford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Halford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Halford in 2016, 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halford in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 12 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halford | $50,000 | Image received via social media of powerlines landing on the front of a truck hauling a race car trailer near the intersection of Hwy 83 and KS Hwy 24. The front of the trailer was crumbled due to the damage from the power lines. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halford | $200 | A rain gutter was blown off the house by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Halford | - | The hail ranged from nickel to quarter in size at the intersection of Highways 24 and 83. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Halford | - | Report relayed through Spotter Network. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Halford | - | Quarter size hail found in a ditch at intersection of highway 24 and highway 83. |
| July 1997 | Hail | Halford | - | Hail coupled with 40 mph winds caused unknown amount of crop damage. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Halford | - | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Hail | Halford | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Halford | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halford | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Halford | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Halford | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Halford | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Halford | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Halford | - | 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 471212. 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.