Huscher, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Nelson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66901. It stands on East Branch Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rice quadrangle.
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.
- 1892 USGS Concordia quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Rice quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Concordia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Huscher between 2015 and 2018, burning about 1,646 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
| 30 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 9 |
| 19 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 437 |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3 |
| 6 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Cloud County | 3 |
| 6 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Cloud County | 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huscher in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huscher | - | Power lines are down. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huscher | - | Report of roof damage and tin sheds destroyed at 160th and Noble road. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Huscher | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Huscher | - | A tornado touchdown was reported with what appeared to become a rain wrapped tornado. Time of touchdown and path length determined based off of radar and the chaser report. No damage was reported. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huscher | - | Vehicles blown off highway from 5 miles south to 11 miles south of Concordia. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Huscher | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Hail | Huscher | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Huscher | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Huscher | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Huscher | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Huscher | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Huscher | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Huscher | - | 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 484632. 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.





