Halls Summit, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Key West Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66871. The Survey maps it on the New Strawn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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 Burlington quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS New Strawn quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Halls Summit between 2006 and 2018, burning about 793 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 | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Coffey County | 191 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 289 |
| 17 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Coffey County | 219 |
| 12 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 225 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | EAST OF LEBO CREEK |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Coffey County | 201 |
| 10 April 2018 | Smoking | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 235 |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 135 |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 133 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Halls Summit: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&H Rock Company Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Wuerfele Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halls Summit in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Lightning | Halls Summit | $80,000 | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Halls Summit | $60,000 | Sheriff reports a swift current of water flowing over 23rd rd. between US 75 and Kafir rd. Water was flowing fast enough that officer did not want to try and cross the road...at least 4 inches deep. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halls Summit | $8,000 | Five power poles were destroyed on the west side of U.S. Highway 75. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Halls Summit | - | Emergency manager reported water over roadways. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halls Summit | - | Estimated wind gust report. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Halls Summit | - | An AWOS station at Coffey County Airport near Burlington recorded a 62 mph wind gust. Near Beto Junction, an Emergency Manager reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | Officers responded to accidents on I-35 and reported nickel sized hail covering the highway making it slick. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | no account filed |
| March 2018 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Halls Summit | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Halls Summit | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beto Junction | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Sharpe | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Waverly | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| New Strawn | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ottumwa | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Agricola | 9.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lebo | 10.6 miles | 17 | |
| Burlington | 11.1 miles | 17 |
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 Halls Summit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17183555 | 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 477472. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








