Marietta, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oketo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66518. It stands on Bommer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oketo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1889 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Oketo quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Blue Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Marietta between 2015 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Marshall County | 99 |
| 8 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 77 |
| 29 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 78 |
| 24 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Marshall County | 101 |
| 13 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Marshall County | 100 |
| 20 February 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 90 |
| 3 November 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 96 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marietta in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Marietta | - | Another report of water over several roads with a depth of up to two feet in places. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Marietta | - | Water flowing across the roadway near 16th and Deer Train. Approximately 18 inches deep. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Marietta | - | Water flowing over Cherokee rd about 6 inches deep. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | Large trees down and power outages. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | Large tree branches were blown down. Around 5 minutes of strong winds from the west. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marietta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oketo | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lone Elm | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Herkimer | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Marysville | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Carden | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Home | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hermansberg | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Upland | 8.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472691. 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.






