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Haverhill, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67010. The Survey maps it on the Augusta quadrangle.

Haverhill within Butler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

106 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Haverhill between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,839 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 were 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/undetermined40
Debris and open burning29
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural3
Fireworks2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 September 2005Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresButler Countynot named
16 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresButler County137
16 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresButler Countynot named
13 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service1816
9 July 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButler Countynot named
7 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresButler County104
5 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service930
4 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1546

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

29 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haverhill in 29 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 15 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHaverhill$20,000Augusta Fire Department reported several power poles had been blown down. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2016FloodHaverhill$100Water was reported over county roads just east of Augusta and north of Highway 400.
June 2008FloodHaverhill$100Water was across the road just south of the intersection of Southwest 130th and Haverhill road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHaverhill-Relayed via Emergency Management.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Haverhill-Damage to trees were noted along the path.
March 2016HailHaverhill-The hail, which occurred on Highway 400, was reported via Twitter.
May 2016HailHaverhill-The spotter also reported 70 mph winds.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHaverhill-Half dollar sized hail was also reported.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Haverhill-Very brief touchdown of 15 seconds over open country.
September 2014HailHaverhill-The hail ranged in size from three quarters of an inch to one inch.
April 2013HailHaverhill-The Golf ball hail covered old Highway 54.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHaverhill-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHaverhill-Reported by law enforcement near 120th and Haverhill Road.
September 2003Flash FloodHaverhill-Highway K-96/Haverhill Road intersection flooded.
June 2000Flash FloodHaverhill-Haverhill Road flooded near 150th St.
May 2025HailHaverhill-no account filed
May 2022HailHaverhill-no account filed
April 2014HailHaverhill-no account filed
April 2014HailHaverhill-no account filed
May 2012HailHaverhill-no account filed
April 2011HailHaverhill-no account filed
May 2009HailHaverhill-no account filed
June 2009HailHaverhill-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHaverhill-no account filed
May 2003HailHaverhill-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHaverhill-no account filed
June 1998HailHaverhill-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHaverhill-no account filed
June 1998HailHaverhill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butler County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pickrell Corner2.1 miles15
Augusta5.0 miles15
Leon5.4 miles15
Vanora5.5 miles14
Bois d' Arc6.5 miles15
Bloomington7.5 miles14
Gordon8.8 miles15
El Dorado9.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 474818. 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.