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Heizer, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Buffalo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67530. The Survey maps it on the Heizer quadrangle.

Heizer within Barton County

On record in Heizer

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

17 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Heizer between 2015 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKansas Forest Service3115
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service81018
4 July 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreBarton County1165
23 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBarton County1098
20 June 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresBarton County2017034
2 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1836
4 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Service657

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barton County

Storms near this place

34 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Heizer in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 17 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHeizer$15,000Highway 281 was blocked by an unspecified number of power poles about 5 miles north of Great Bend. The time of the event was estimated from radar.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHeizer$200Tree limbs were downed across Highway 96. Dime size hail occurred with the wind.
June 2010Flash FloodHeizer$100The emergency manager reported water over Kansas Highway 96 northwest of Great Bend.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHeizer-Trained spotter estimated a few gusts near 60 mph.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHeizer-The wind speeds were estimated.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Heizer-Brief touchdown over open country.
May 2017FloodHeizer-Wide spread nuisance flooding was reported across all on the county. Many roads had water crossing them, however, no threat to life or property was reported.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHeizer-Tree limbs of unspecified diameters were breaking.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindHeizer-Quarter sized hail was also reported.
September 2010HailHeizer-A report of hen egg sized hail was relayed by the braodcast media at KSN-TV.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindHeizer-A trained spotter estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Heizer-Brief tornado touchdown in an open field.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHeizer-A trained spotter reported the gust along Kansas Highway 96.
July 2010HailHeizer-Winds estimated around 60 mph occurred with the hail.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHeizer-Estimated by local law enforcement.
April 2008HailHeizer-Golf Ball sized hail fell on a group of firefighters who happened to be fighting a structure fire. The hail partially covered the ground.
May 2023HailHeizer-no account filed
May 2019HailHeizer-no account filed
June 2017HailHeizer-no account filed
July 2015HailHeizer-no account filed
June 2014HailHeizer-no account filed
May 2014HailHeizer-no account filed
July 2010HailHeizer-no account filed
April 2009HailHeizer-no account filed
July 2009HailHeizer-no account filed
July 2009HailHeizer-no account filed
April 2008HailHeizer-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHeizer-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHeizer-no account filed
May 2007HailHeizer-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHeizer-no account filed
May 2007HailHeizer-no account filed
June 1998HailHeizer-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindHeizer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barton 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
Anchorway6.4 miles17
Albert6.8 miles15
Kanbrick6.9 miles17
Olmitz7.0 miles13
Boyd7.0 miles13
Great Bend7.7 miles17
Dundee7.8 miles16
South Hoisington8.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 475638. 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.