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Idana, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Five Creeks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67432. It stands on Pinkerton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Idana quadrangle.

Idana within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Idana between 2012 and 2017, burning about 1,601 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/undetermined2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,600 acresKansas Forest Service9TH AND FRONTIER
2 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresClay County1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Idana: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alsop Sand Pit & PlantClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

16 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Idana in 16 storm reports between 2006 and 2020: 10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindIdana$1,000A trained spotter reported an estimated 65 mph wind gust. A 5 inch diameter tree fell near Idana.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindIdana-Occurred near 18th and Buffalo Road.
July 2010Flash FloodIdana-Water was reported to be flowing over Highway 24 at Buffalo Road, just east of the Cloud County and Clay County border.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindIdana-Trained spotters and law enforcement officers near Clay Center reported 60 mph wind gusts.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Idana-A second tornado struck when it touched down to the west southwest of Clay Center. Damage surveys indicated that the primary damage that occurred was to powerlines and outbuildings.
June 2008HailIdana-Hail up to the size of golfballs fell along the path, as reported by two spotters.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindIdana-An outbuilding was blown across Hwy 24 just east of the Clay County line.
June 2006HailIdana-Report relayed by NSSL.
June 2006HailIdana-Report relayed by NSSL.
June 2006HailIdana-Report relayed by NSSL.
June 2020HailIdana-no account filed
July 2014HailIdana-no account filed
April 2013HailIdana-no account filed
April 2012HailIdana-no account filed
July 2012HailIdana-no account filed
June 2006HailIdana-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Browndale4.6 miles14
Ladysmith7.3 miles14
Clay Center7.5 miles14
Morganville8.2 miles14
Oak Hill8.6 miles14
Broughton (historical)11.4 miles14
Oscar (historical)13.2 miles13
Longford13.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476174. 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.