Huntsville, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Huntsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67568. The Survey maps it on the Alden SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1894 USGS Lyons 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
- 1971 USGS Alden SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Huntsville between 2002 and 2008, burning about 258 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 | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 215 acres | Quivira National Wildlife Refuge | RENO #1 |
| 18 March 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Quivira National Wildlife Refuge | SYLVIA |
| 3 November 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Quivira National Wildlife Refuge | HAYS CEMETARY |
| 20 November 2002 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Quivira National Wildlife Refuge | ARTESIAN WELL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Huntsville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Interpace Brine Evap Plant | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huntsville in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2008: 3 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Huntsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huntsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Huntsville | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Huntsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plevna | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Kilbourns Corner | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Charters Corner | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| McVays Corner | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sylvia | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Abbyville | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Adams Corner | 12.6 miles | 16 | |
| Arlington | 13.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 480399. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





