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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 17 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.
- 1888 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Lang quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 2007Regional 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 burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lyon County | 2538 |
| 23 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2304 |
| 5 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1998 |
| 26 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2058 |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 27 |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500028 |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 957 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lang | $1,500 | A tree was blown onto the deck of a house near Reading. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lang | $500 | A 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 2025 | Hail | Lang | - | Time estimated from radar. Relayed through Slack by KVOE radio. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Lang | - | Taylor Creek is flooding Road 210. Spotter estimated storm total rainfall of 4.9 inches. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lang | - | Six to seven inch diameter tree downed. Delayed report. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Lang | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lang | - | Report of several power poles snapped. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lang | - | Trained spotter reported a 65 mph wind gust. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Lang | - | Report was relayed from KVOE radio. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lang | - | Social media post via Wibw TV. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Lang | - | 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lang | - | Outbuilding destroyed by thunderstorms winds. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lang | - | Small branches down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lang | - | Small tree limbs were broken. Deck chairs were blown around. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Lang | - | 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 2019 | Hail | Lang | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Lang | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Lang | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Lang | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Lang | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lang | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Lang | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emporia Junction | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Berkeley Hills | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Emporia | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Reading | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Neosho Rapids | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Merrick | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Americus | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hartford | 12.5 miles | 16 |
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.





