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Hayne, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fargo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67901. The Survey maps it on the Hayne quadrangle.

Hayne within Seward County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

11 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hayne between 2015 and 2020, burning about 2,510 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
4 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreSeward County369
31 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSeward County394
5 July 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresSeward County322
11 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
14 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
20 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service75
28 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
23 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresSeward CountyARKALON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seward County

Storms near this place

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hayne in 64 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 36 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 4 tornado. 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
April 2001Thunderstorm WindHayne$75,000Extensive damage to a mobile home. Power pole down. Pivot sprinkler overturned.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindHayne$15,000Mobile home blown over onto a truck.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHayne-A mesonet site UP350 recorded a wind gust of 65 mph.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHayne-Mesonet station UP407 0.6 SW Hayne (UPR) recorded a 63 mph wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHayne-The Emergency Manager reported a tin roof being peeled back on an outbuilding and a light post leaning.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHayne-The Mesonet site UP407 recorded a 68 mph wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHayne-Strong winds.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindHayne-A 18 wheeler was blown over.
September 2022HailHayne-A windshield was broken by the large hail.
October 2018Heavy RainHayne-Rainfall for the period was 3.20 inches.
August 2017Heavy RainHayne-Rainfall was 5.24 inches.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHayne-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Hayne-This was a brief tornado under the mesocyclone.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHayne-Trees were reportedly blown down by the high wind.
November 2015Tornado (EF3)Hayne-This very large tornado damaged outbuildins, power poles, pivots, trees, a home, and a hog farm were numerous animals were destroyed. The track of the tornado turned enough that it missed Kismet and Plains. It was also on nearly an identical track to the tornado that occurred on May 24, 2015. This tornado continued into Meade county.
June 2013HailHayne-The hail was mostly pea sized and it covered the ground.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHayne-Two mobile homes were damaged with a porch roof ripped from one of the homes.
June 2013HailHayne-The covered the ground.
May 2010Heavy RainHayne-Rainfall of 5.00 was reported.
August 2008Heavy RainHayne-Rainfall of 3.70 was measured.
March 2007Heavy RainHayne-Rain fell from late Friday afternoon through the overnight hours with 4.50 inches recorded.
March 2007Heavy RainHayne-Rainfall of 3.20 inches fell from late Friday afternoon through the overnight hours.
March 2007HailHayne-Also reported 2.50 of rainfall.
April 2005Tornado (F0)Hayne-This was a brief landspout tornado that did not hit anything.
May 2002HailHayne-Hail covered the ground.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindHayne-Power was knocked out for 1.5 hours due to downed power lines.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Hayne-Power poles broken off.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHayne-no account filed
September 2023HailHayne-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHayne-no account filed
June 2023HailHayne-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHayne-no account filed
September 2022HailHayne-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHayne-no account filed
April 2020HailHayne-no account filed
June 2019HailHayne-no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHayne-no account filed
May 2017HailHayne-no account filed
May 2017HailHayne-no account filed
May 2017HailHayne-no account filed
May 2017HailHayne-no account filed
May 2017HailHayne-no account filed
May 2016HailHayne-no account filed
May 2016HailHayne-no account filed
May 2016HailHayne-no account filed
July 2015HailHayne-no account filed
October 2014HailHayne-no account filed
April 2014HailHayne-no account filed
April 2014HailHayne-no account filed
June 2014HailHayne-no account filed
June 2013HailHayne-no account filed
June 2013HailHayne-no account filed
June 2013HailHayne-no account filed
June 2012HailHayne-no account filed
June 2012HailHayne-no account filed
August 2012HailHayne-no account filed
June 2011HailHayne-no account filed
June 2011HailHayne-no account filed
May 2010Heavy RainHayne-no account filed
May 2010HailHayne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seward 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
Arkalon2.9 miles10
Liberal7.4 miles10
Kismet9.0 miles8

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 HayneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18152820The 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 484536. 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.