BlockKennekuk, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Grasshopper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66439. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Everest quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1885 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Everest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Kennekuk between 2014 and 2020, burning about 513 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Brown County | 1738 |
| 5 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18016 |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 44 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500049 |
| 8 March 2015 | Smoking | 27 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500028 |
| 7 March 2015 | Smoking | 35 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500027 |
| 7 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2015009 |
| 23 March 2015 | Smoking | 36 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500043 |
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500042 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kennekuk in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2013: 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kennekuk | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| September 2010 | Flash Flood | Kennekuk | - | County Lake overspilled its banks and caused 326th Street and Clay Street to be closed. 3.46 inches of rain was reported in that area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muscotah | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Huron | 7.8 miles | 20 | |
| Effingham | 9.9 miles | 20 | |
| Lancaster | 11.5 miles | 20 | |
| Monrovia | 11.6 miles | 20 | |
| Arrington | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Larkinburg | 13.1 miles | 18 | |
| Farmington | 13.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 473254. 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.