BlockHymer, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Diamond Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66850. It stands on Schaffer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hymer quadrangle.
On record in Hymer
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 1 record
Whitney Ranch Historic Districtlisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1898 USGS Cottonwood Falls quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hymer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Hymer quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hymer in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2007: 7 hail. 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 2007 | Hail | Hymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hymer | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hymer | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Hymer | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hymer | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Hymer | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Hymer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockland | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Neva | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elmdale | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Strong City | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Cottonwood Falls | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Clements | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| Gladstone | 14.3 miles | 16 | |
| Ellinor | 15.2 miles | 19 |
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 Hymer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199000 | 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 484813. 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.
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.