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Herington, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Herington City. It lies in ZIP code area 67449. The Survey maps it on the Herington quadrangle.

Herington within Dickinson County

On record in Herington

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 3 records

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

79 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Herington between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,341 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Other causes4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDickinson Countynot named
21 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresDickinson Countynot named
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDickinson Countynot named
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDickinson Countynot named
20 August 2003Naturalunder an acreDickinson Countynot named
14 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresDickinson Countynot named
11 August 2003Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresDickinson Countynot named
5 July 2015Arson/incendiarism105 acresKansas Forest Service2015096

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Herington in 65 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 30 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 5 lightning, 3 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 1994Thunderstorm WindHerington$5,000,000Extremely strong thunderstorm winds caused extensive tree damage, blew the roof off of an implement company and dropped it on several large tractors and combines, and blew an above ground pool full of water off of it's foundation.
August 2005Flash FloodHerington$80,000Police closing some streets due to deep and fast flowing water.
September 1997HailHerington$50,000no account filed
August 1998LightningHerington$30,000no account filed
October 2002LightningHerington$3,000Lightning struck a house and started a fire that did minor damage.
August 1998LightningHerington$2,000Lightning struck a church and a residence doing minor damage at each place.
August 1998LightningHerington$2,000no account filed
July 1996HailHerington$1,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHerington$1,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHerington$1,000no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindHerington-Winds were estimated by trained spotter.
April 2026HailHerington-They also estimated 50 to 55 mph wind gusts.
May 2025HailHerington-Quarter size hail in Herington.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHerington-Ten to 12 inch tree limbs down on the north side of town.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHerington-Power lines and trees down in and around the town of Herington.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHerington-Estimated 65 mph wind gust along gust front tore off one foot in diameter branch of tree.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHerington-Gust measured by personal weather station.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHerington-Multiple 20 to 30 inch diameter trees split on west side of town. Winds estimated at 70 mph or higher.
May 2023HailHerington-Quarter sized hail reported.
June 2023HailHerington-Quarter sized hail reported.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHerington-Report of numerous large trees and branches down and power lines down in Herington.
May 2022HailHerington-Nickel sized hail reported.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindHerington-Report of 7 inch tree limb down.
August 2019Flash FloodHerington-Report of street flooding in Herington, with some roads closed. Unknown amount of water on roadways. Also reports of flooding along highway 4 near Herington.
May 2016Flash FloodHerington-Water over Highway K4 for about 1/4 to 1/2 of a mile, just north of Herington.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHerington-Wind gust reported through the Herington middle school mesonet.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHerington-Public estimates winds of 60 mph.
July 2010FloodHerington-Water over K4 Highway in several places was reported near and west of Herington. Also, Union Road, north of Herington, and Highway 43, north of hope, had water over the roadway.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHerington-A trained spotter reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHerington-A tree fell on a home.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHerington-There were several reports of power lines down in town, and shingles reported to have been torn off of several homes.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHerington-A modular home was rolled on it's side.
April 2002HailHerington-High winds generated by distant thunderstorms knocked down large tree limbs.
May 2002Funnel CloudHerington-A funnel cloud was sighted 1 mile west of Herington.
May 2002Funnel CloudHerington-A funnel cloud was sighted 2 miles west of Herington.
August 1998LightningHerington-Lightning struck a residence but caused no damage.
June 2015HailHerington-no account filed
August 2013HailHerington-no account filed
June 2008HailHerington-no account filed
March 2006HailHerington-no account filed
April 2006HailHerington-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHerington-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHerington-no account filed
June 2005HailHerington-no account filed
June 2005HailHerington-no account filed
June 2005HailHerington-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHerington-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHerington-no account filed
May 2003HailHerington-no account filed
May 2003HailHerington-no account filed
May 2003HailHerington-no account filed
March 2002HailHerington-no account filed
May 2002HailHerington-no account filed
April 2002HailHerington-no account filed
April 2002HailHerington-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindHerington-no account filed
September 2002HailHerington-no account filed
September 2002HailHerington-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindHerington-no account filed
May 2000HailHerington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickinson 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
Rishel4.8 miles16
Shady Brook5.2 miles15
Jacobs6.2 miles17
Hope7.2 miles16
Woodbine8.7 miles15
Dillon10.9 miles17
Navarre12.3 miles15
Lyona13.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476991. 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.