BlockHarlan, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Harlan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66967. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harlan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Harlan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harlan in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harlan | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Harlan | $25,000 | A 12-hour rainfall total of 4.82 inches was measured 2 miles north-northwest of Portis. A 12-hour rainfall total of 4.20 inches of rain was measured 2 miles south-southwest of Harlan. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Harlan | $20,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Harlan | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Harlan | - | Brief touchdown was reported. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Harlan | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harlan | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Harlan | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Harlan | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaylord | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Smith Center | 12.0 miles | 12 | |
| Athol | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dispatch | 13.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bellaire | 14.1 miles | 12 | |
| Claudell | 14.4 miles | 13 | |
| Kensington | 17.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472153. 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.
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.