BlockHessdale, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mill Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66401. The Survey maps it on the Hessdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Hessdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Council Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hessdale between 2017 and 2018, burning about 52 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 55 |
| 12 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 61 |
| 10 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wabaunsee County | 17-0026 |
| 19 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Morris County | 7 |
| 18 March 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wabaunsee County | 17-0011 |
| 12 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Wabaunsee County | 16 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hessdale in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Hessdale | 1 killed, $99,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Tornado (EFU) | Hessdale | - | Radar confirmed debris signature from a small tornado was documented likely from trees in river valley. No documented damage was discovered upon tracing the approximate area of the tornado so it will be classified as EFU. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hessdale | - | Multiple trees are damaged with large limbs down. Time estimated from radar. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Hessdale | - | Water flowing over the road near junction of K-4 and Highway 99 junction. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Hessdale | - | Wind gusts estimated up to 50 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hessdale | - | A large tree was knocked down across K-99 near Lake Wabaunsee. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Hessdale | - | Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour were reported across Wabaunsee County. As a result, the intersection of Highway 4 and 99 had 2 to 3 inches of water running. Several creeks reached the tops of their banks county wide. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hessdale | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Hessdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hessdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hessdale | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476753. 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.