Kelly, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66538. The Survey maps it on the Corning quadrangle. 27 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,243 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Corning quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Blue Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Kelly between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,005 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nemaha County | 13 |
| 6 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 144 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 347 |
| 15 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Horton Agency | SPOOK |
| 10 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 420 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 12 |
| 31 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 22 |
| 22 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Horton Agency | WHO |
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 Kelly in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 10 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelly | - | Trees significantly bent, power out at the spotter location. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kelly | - | Large hackberry tree split due to thunderstorm wind. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Kelly | - | Winds also estimated to be 30-40 mph. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kelly | - | Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2013 | Flash Flood | Kelly | - | Sheriff reports 96th road is flooded around Kelly, as well as north of Corning and Goff. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kelly | - | Quarter size hail reported with a severe thunderstorm. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Kelly | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kelly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kelly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kelly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kelly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kelly | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Kelly | - | 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.
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 Kelly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16893237 | 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 473221. 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.






