Industry, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Athelstane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67410. It stands on McMurray Creek. The Survey maps it on the Industry 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.
- 1891 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Industry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Industry between 2016 and 2018, burning about 171 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Clay County | 5551 |
| 28 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 000XXXX |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3062 |
| 27 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1248 |
| 18 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Clay County | 5 |
| 10 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1210 |
| 14 January 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Dickinson County | 170002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Industry in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Industry | - | Also reported wind gusts around 55 mph. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Industry | - | Golf ball size hail. Also estimated 60 mph winds. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Industry | - | Estimated 60 mph gusts. Tree limbs around two inches in diameter down. Also golf ball size hail. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Industry | - | Wind gusts estimated up to 60 mph. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Industry | - | Wind gusts estimated. Golf ball sized hail. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Industry | - | Wind gusts estimated. Power was out. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Industry | - | Just west of K-15 on 4th road has water flowing over the road. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Industry | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Industry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longford | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ladysmith | 9.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wakefield | 10.4 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Hill | 12.0 miles | 14 | |
| Broughton (historical) | 14.4 miles | 14 | |
| Idana | 16.2 miles | 14 | |
| Clay Center | 17.0 miles | 14 | |
| Browndale | 18.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476317. 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.





