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.
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
- Walnut Creek Bridgelisted 1990
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Heizer quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2015Regional 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/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3115 |
| 25 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 81018 |
| 4 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Barton County | 1165 |
| 23 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Barton County | 1098 |
| 20 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Barton County | 2017034 |
| 2 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1836 |
| 4 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 657 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
34 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | $15,000 | Highway 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | $200 | Tree limbs were downed across Highway 96. Dime size hail occurred with the wind. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Heizer | $100 | The emergency manager reported water over Kansas Highway 96 northwest of Great Bend. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | Trained spotter estimated a few gusts near 60 mph. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | The wind speeds were estimated. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Heizer | - | Brief touchdown over open country. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Heizer | - | 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | Tree limbs of unspecified diameters were breaking. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | Quarter sized hail was also reported. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Heizer | - | A report of hen egg sized hail was relayed by the braodcast media at KSN-TV. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | A trained spotter estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Heizer | - | Brief tornado touchdown in an open field. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | A trained spotter reported the gust along Kansas Highway 96. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Heizer | - | Winds estimated around 60 mph occurred with the hail. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | Estimated by local law enforcement. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Heizer | - | 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 2023 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Heizer | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heizer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorway | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Albert | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kanbrick | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Olmitz | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Boyd | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Great Bend | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Dundee | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| South Hoisington | 8.3 miles | 13 |
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.






