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Maple City, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67038. The Survey maps it on the Maple City quadrangle. It stands 1,342 feet above sea level.

Maple City within Cowley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Maple City between 2006 and 2018, burning about 3,067 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
22 June 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKansas Forest Service1062
16 April 2018Debris and open burning60 acresKansas Forest Service837
1 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,000 acresKansas CountiesMAPLE CITY
30 October 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2077
27 October 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Service2198

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cowley County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Maple City: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cowley County

Storms near this place

32 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maple City in 32 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 17 hail, 8 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2009Thunderstorm WindMaple City$130,000Twenty-one power poles were downed along 282nd Road near K-15.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindMaple City$50,000Microburst winds removed a large portion of the roof and porch of a modular home. Eight trees were also blown down or severely damaged.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Maple City$25,000Although moving primarily over the country, the tornado did strike one home, causing damage to the roof and removing one wall.
April 2024Tornado (EF2)Maple City-Multi-vortex damage occurred at the same farm. Each vortex was about 30 yards wide with three of five outbuildings hit on the property including two of them directly. The buildings that were directly hit included one well constructed metal building that was anchored by bolts into concrete with a steel frame. This second building was concrete brick with anchored metal structure and wood roof that was built closer to a house or sturdy garage than an outbuilding, pole barn, or farm building.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMaple City-This was a measured wind gust from a trained spotter.
May 2022Tornado (EFU)Maple City-A brief touchdown occurred in an open field.
May 2022Heavy RainMaple City-A mesonet station in Maple City, Kansas, reported a 24 hour total of 4.19 inches.
May 2018HailMaple City-This report came in via Mping.
May 2018Tornado (EF2)Maple City-Damage to trees with some being uprooted and large electrical transmission lines were downed.
May 2018Tornado (EF1)Maple City-Several large trees sustained damage along the path. It also caused damage to a barn.
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Maple City-Large electrical transmission lines were downed and a tree was completely uprooted.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMaple City-One person was blown off a kayak at Cowley County Fishing Lake. Injuries are unknown.
May 2013HailMaple City-The hail was covering the road.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMaple City-An amateur radio operator reported the gust.
February 2011Tornado (EF0)Maple City-The tornado touched down just south of the state line and moved northeast into Kansas, just to the east of Highway K15. It was on the ground in open country and caused no damage.
May 2010HailMaple City-Wind gusts to 60 mph were also reported.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMaple City-One inch hail was also reported.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Maple City-Remained in the country with no damage resulting.
October 2005HailMaple City-Covered ~50% of ground. (AGTAP CL407.)
May 2018HailMaple City-no account filed
May 2013HailMaple City-no account filed
May 2013HailMaple City-no account filed
June 2011HailMaple City-no account filed
June 2011HailMaple City-no account filed
June 2011HailMaple City-no account filed
May 2010HailMaple City-no account filed
May 2009HailMaple City-no account filed
May 2008HailMaple City-no account filed
April 2006HailMaple City-no account filed
April 2001HailMaple City-no account filed
May 1998HailMaple City-no account filed
October 1998HailMaple City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cowley 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
Vinton4.6 miles13
Cameron4.8 miles13
Eschs (historical)5.6 miles14
Silverdale7.2 miles13
Dexter8.8 miles13
Hooser9.3 miles13
Taussig11.0 miles14
Pleasant Valley (historical)11.3 miles13

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 Maple CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6753846The 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 484425. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.