Hitschmann, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cleveland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67525. The Survey maps it on the Claflin quadrangle. It stands 1,926 feet above sea level.
On record in Hitschmann
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 2 records
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1896 USGS Russell quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Claflin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Russell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Hitschmann between 2015 and 2020, burning about 139 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15024 |
| 23 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15004 |
| 5 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 16008 |
| 28 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15010 |
| 18 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Barton County | 17008 |
| 1 December 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 16042 |
| 5 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 16037 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hitschmann in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 5 tornado, 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Hitschmann | $65,000 | A seven mile long track tornado caused minor damage to three homesteads in the northeast section of the county. Damage was mainly to trees and powerlines, but a metal building and a metal silo and feed bin received damage as well. |
| September 2014 | Lightning | Hitschmann | $5,000 | Hay bales were struck by lightning and started a fire. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hitschmann | - | Spotter reported mostly pea to dime sized hail. A couple of hail stones were up to quarter-sized. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Hitschmann | - | Very brief touchdown in open country with no damage reported. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EFU) | Hitschmann | - | Brief touchdown of less than one minute in an open field. No damage was reported. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitschmann | - | Dime sized hail was also reported. |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | Hitschmann | - | Event total of 3 inches in the last 24 hour period. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Hitschmann | - | This was a brief tornado that occurred in open country. No damage was reported. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hitschmann | - | Occurred along with pea-sized hail. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Hitschmann | - | Occurred right on the Russell/Barton County line. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Hitschmann | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Hitschmann | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Hitschmann | - | 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.
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 Hitschmann | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q97516226 | 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 475439. 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.





