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Lindsey, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Concord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67467. It stands on Lindsey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minneapolis South quadrangle. It stands 1,394 feet above sea level.

Lindsey within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

7 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lindsey between 2015 and 2018, burning about 93 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOttawa County24
17 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service23
2 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresOttawa County46
19 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOttawa County21
10 April 2015Debris and open burning65 acresKansas Forest Service481
20 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOttawa County10
31 January 2018Debris and open burning10 acresKansas Forest Service8

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ottawa County

Storms near this place

25 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lindsey in 25 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
May 2007Flash FloodLindsey$50,000Several Reports of flash flooding. 6 to 8 inches of water was flowing over Granite Road between 170th and 180th Roads. 4 inches of water flowing over 160th Road near K-106 Highway. One house was flooded.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLindsey$5,000Power poles were down near US 81 and Ivy Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLindsey$5,000Power poles were down near K106 and 170th Road near Minneapolis.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLindsey$500Four to five inch tree limbs were broken.
May 2020HailLindsey-Hail up to golf ball sized, time estimated based on radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLindsey-Three large trees were blown down.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLindsey-Wind gust speed was estimated.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLindsey-Estimated wind gust.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLindsey-Estimated wind gust.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Lindsey-Emergency Manager relayed a report into dispatch of a brief tornado touchdown south of Minneapolis. No damage was reported.
May 2013Tornado (EF3)Lindsey-A large tornado developed around 545pm CDT and proceeded to move slowly east for approximately 2 miles before turning back to the west and south toward highway 18. The tornado was lost in rain and was not visible after approximately 630 pm however mobile doppler radar supplemental data indicates that this tornado likely persisted through around 645 pm CDT. This tornado was nearly 1 mile wide at times and NWS damage survey found EF3 damage indicators suggesting winds to around 150 mph. 2 mobile doppler radars were within 5-6km of this tornado and did sample winds around and above 100m well in excess of 166 mph. In fact they measured winds of 247 mph at 100m! Nothing close to EF5 damage was revealed on the survey. However, given the lack of damage indicators available within the track of the tornado we have incorporated the mobile doppler wind data into our assessment of the tornado strength and we believe that this tornado contained at least EF4 winds in excess of 166 mph. We acknowledge the current directive which states that one cannot rate tornado intensity by non-damage data sources so we will enter this in as EF3 however we are stating in the comments that this was a violent tornado with most likely EF4 intensity at some point during its life. Amazingly no serious injuries or fatalities were reported. However there were approximately 100 head of cattle that were killed by the tornado.
May 2013Flash FloodLindsey-Numerous roads flooded by running water.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLindsey-Winds estimated.
July 2010Flash FloodLindsey-Law Enforcement reported 6 to 8 inches of water over the 1700 block of K-106.
April 2025HailLindsey-no account filed
May 2016HailLindsey-no account filed
October 2016HailLindsey-no account filed
May 2013HailLindsey-no account filed
May 2013HailLindsey-no account filed
May 2013HailLindsey-no account filed
May 2013HailLindsey-no account filed
June 2011HailLindsey-no account filed
June 2011HailLindsey-no account filed
September 2009HailLindsey-no account filed
September 2009HailLindsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ottawa 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
Minneapolis2.5 miles15
Alfmil3.5 miles14
Brewer6.2 miles14
Bennington6.2 miles14
Wells7.4 miles14
Sumnerville7.8 miles14
Culver9.5 miles16
Verdi11.6 miles16

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 LindseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6552856The 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 476462. 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.