BlockHooser, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Dexter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67038. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1889 USGS Burden quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hooser between 2006 and 2015, burning about 701 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Kansas Counties | KAUFMAN RANCH |
| 12 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1825 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooser in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2008: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Hooser | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Hooser | - | The quarter sized hail was covering the ground. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooser | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Hooser | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taussig | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dexter | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Eschs (historical) | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Maple City | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Eaton | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Vinton | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cambridge | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cameron | 12.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484461. 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.