Hedville, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Ohio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67401. The Survey maps it on the Brookville quadrangle. It stands 1,270 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Brookville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hedville between 2015 and 2017, burning about 240 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 44 |
| 28 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Saline County | 2017017 |
| 3 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Saline County | 43 |
| 28 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 41 |
| 3 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Saline County | 31 |
| 14 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 180 acres | Saline County | 28 |
| 9 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Saline County | 10 |
| 22 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Saline County | 14 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hedville in 34 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 15 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 3 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedville | $100,000 | Major damage occurred to this farmstead as a wet microburst pounded the area. The very large barn was completely decimated and damage to the home was also noted. Parts of the home allowed for the wind to enter the home and built-up pressure inside which actually blew an interior door off of its hinge and also pushed a window out. There were also about 100 round bales of hay that rolled 200-400 yards from the original location. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedville | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew over five telephone poles and several large tree limbs were blown off. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedville | $25,000 | Winds estimated at 60 mph blew over a camper near mile marker 248 on Interstate 70. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedville | $2,500 | A car port was lifted from its foundation and a trampoline was lifted and tossed into the tree tops. This was a delayed storm report. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedville | - | Trained spotter estimated wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | Hedville | - | Twenty four hour total of a Cocorahs observer of 1.88 inches. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Hedville | - | The report was received via mPING. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedville | - | The public reported that tree limbs were blown down. |
| November 2022 | Heavy Rain | Hedville | - | A Cocorahs observer reported 1.45 inches of rainfall. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Hedville | - | Sixty mile per hour winds were also reported. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Hedville | - | The hail was mainly dime to nickel size, but some quarter size also fell. |
| December 2021 | Funnel Cloud | Hedville | - | Submitted a picture of a funnel as it moved away from their homestead. The image was relayed to the NWS from Saline County Emergency Management. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Hedville | - | Mostly nickel sized hail with a couple larger. |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | Hedville | - | Event total of 6.59 inches through reporting time in the last 24 hours. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Hedville | - | Several yards underwater. The water was almost up to the knees of the observer at his house. Reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 6.59 inches. |
| May 2020 | Flash Flood | Hedville | - | Kansas Highway 140 between Salina and Brookville closed due to water over the road. Rainfall reports ranged from 3 to 4 inches in that area. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedville | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Hedville | - | Nuisance street flooding in Salina was noted. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedville | - | Pea sized hail was also reported with the strong winds. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Hedville | - | Law enforcement reported a few roads closed near Gypsum creek. Especially along Highway 4. A culvert collapsed under McReynolds Road. |
| June 2009 | Flood | Hedville | - | Torrential rainfall from a slow moving thunderstorm produced some street flooding across central portions of Saline county during the late evening hours on the 25th. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hedville | - | Hail reported by KSNW television chaser. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Hedville | - | Occurred in open country. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Hedville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Hedville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bavaria | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Shipton | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Marydel | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Trenton | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Glendale | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Phillips Village (historical) | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Salina | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Brookville | 8.3 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 Hedville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5697718 | 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 476784. 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.






