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Lang, Kansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66801. The Survey maps it on the Lang quadrangle.

Lang within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

38 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Lang between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,734 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLyon County2538
23 August 2015Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service2304
5 July 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service1998
26 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service2058
15 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
8 April 2015Debris and open burning40 acresKansas Forest Service27
4 April 2015Debris and open burning50 acresKansas Forest Service1500028
4 April 2015Debris and open burning12 acresKansas Forest Service957

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Storms near this place

22 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lang in 22 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 2011Thunderstorm WindLang$1,500A tree was blown onto the deck of a house near Reading.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindLang$500A public photo on WIBW Facebook indicated a large diameter tree, around 12 inches, broke as a result of strong winds from a severe thunderstorm.
March 2025HailLang-Time estimated from radar. Relayed through Slack by KVOE radio.
June 2024FloodLang-Taylor Creek is flooding Road 210. Spotter estimated storm total rainfall of 4.9 inches.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLang-Six to seven inch diameter tree downed. Delayed report.
September 2022HailLang-Quarter sized hail reported.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindLang-Report of several power poles snapped.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindLang-Trained spotter reported a 65 mph wind gust.
March 2018HailLang-Report was relayed from KVOE radio.
August 2018HailLang-Social media post via Wibw TV.
May 2016FloodLang-Reports of ponding in low lying areas leading to street closures in the Emporia and surrounding areas. Rainfall estimates between 1.5 and 3 inches.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindLang-Outbuilding destroyed by thunderstorms winds. Time estimated by radar.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindLang-Small branches down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLang-Small tree limbs were broken. Deck chairs were blown around.
June 2010FloodLang-Several roads flooded across Lyon County. The 1800 block of road 145, the 1450 block of Road V, the 1400 block of Road 150, 1500 block of Road R, and the 1700 block of Road H flooded.
September 2019HailLang-no account filed
August 2018HailLang-no account filed
May 2014HailLang-no account filed
April 2011HailLang-no account filed
June 2011HailLang-no account filed
May 2011HailLang-no account filed
February 2007HailLang-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lyon 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
Emporia Junction5.7 miles18
Berkeley Hills6.4 miles18
Emporia6.5 miles18
Reading7.8 miles14
Neosho Rapids7.9 miles16
Merrick9.4 miles18
Americus10.0 miles15
Hartford12.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484821. 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.