BlockHarding, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Freedom Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66754. The Survey maps it on the Devon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Devon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Harding between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,899 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180 |
| 30 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 502 |
| 10 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 141 |
| 8 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 acres | Bourbon County | COUNTY LINE HEDGE |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 240 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 57 |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 52 |
| 29 March 2015 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 138 |
| 23 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 115 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harding in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 5 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Flood | Harding | - | Kansas Highway 31 was closed to traffic between Highway 69 and Highway 7 where flood waters covered the roadway. Multiple rainfall amounts were measured between 2 and 3.75 inches across the county and surrounding areas. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Harding | - | The Little Osage River quickly rose out the banks at State Highway 7 with some water flowing over the highway. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Harding | - | The intersection of Highway 31 and Highway 7 was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Harding | - | Highway 31 was flooded between Fulton and Mapleton. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Harding | - | The Mapleton turnoff was closed due to flooding. Water covered Highway 7 in the northern portions of Bourbon County. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Harding | - | A section of Highway 7, one mile south of Highway 31, was closed due to flooding. Eighteen inches of flowing water was observed flowing over the road. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Harding | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Harding | - | 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 474557. 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.