BlockIonia, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ionia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66949. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ionia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1894 USGS Mankato quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Ionia quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ionia in 2018, burning about 40 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 42718 |
Storms near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ionia in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 20 hail, 6 heavy rain, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flood | Ionia | $100,000 | Heavy rainfall in excess of four inches resulted in widespread flooding along the Little Oak, Granite and Limestone Creeks. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Ionia | $50,000 | Entered from Smith county |
| May 2002 | Hail | Ionia | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ionia | $25,000 | Dime to golfball size hail accompanied by wind gusts estimated at 50 to 60 MPH. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Ionia | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Ionia | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Ionia | $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ionia | $5,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to at least 60 mph. A few power poles were knocked down along this path. |
| July 1996 | Hail | Ionia | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Ionia | - | This tornado was reported by an off-duty NWS employee. No damage occurred with this tornado. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Ionia | - | The NWS cooperative observer in Ionia received a 24-hour rainfall amount of 3.20. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Ionia | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 3.23 inches was reported. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Ionia | - | The 24-hour rainfall amount was 4.36 inches. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Ionia | - | Hail up to quarter size was falling for a few minutes. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Ionia | - | The Cooperative Observer reported 4.25 of storm total rainfall. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Ionia | - | The Cooperative Observer reported 4.59 of storm total rainfall. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Ionia | - | Storm total rainfall of 3.61 inches was reported. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ionia | - | Wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Ionia | - | no account filed |
| September 1995 | Hail | Ionia | - | 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 472094. 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.