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Missler, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Mertilla Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67864. The Survey maps it on the Missler quadrangle.

Missler within Meade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Missler between 2016 and 2020, burning about 1 acre 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
1 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service16011
14 October 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meade County

Storms near this place

33 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Missler in 33 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 20 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 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 1998Thunderstorm WindMissler$1,650,000Eleven irrigation sprinklers damaged along with ten power poles. At least 80 mph wind occurred with the Rear Flank Downdraft. Wheat and corn were destroyed in the area.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMissler-Strong Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated by the Public.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMissler-Wind gust from trained spotter.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMissler-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Missler-This was one of three tornadoes in the area. This one moved slowly southwest. It was NOT a landspout tornado.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Missler-This 2nd of three tornadoes was over pasture ground.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Missler-This was the third of three tornadoes in this vicinity. It moved slowly south but was over cropland.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Missler-This tornado damaged pivot irrigation sprinklers as it moved northeast and then turned north into Gray county.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMissler-A 2 inch diameter tree limb was broken by the high wind.
June 2010HailMissler-Hail from quarter to golfball size lasted 15 minutes.
June 2009HailMissler-The hail lasted for five minutes.
August 2007HailMissler-Large hail occurred between roads 15 and 16 and immediately south of road A in extreme northern Meade county. All the windows were knocked out on the east side of a house. A metal roof and grain bins were dented by the large hail.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Missler-This tornado did not hit anything.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Missler-This tornado did not hit anything.
May 2020HailMissler-no account filed
May 2015HailMissler-no account filed
June 2015HailMissler-no account filed
June 2013HailMissler-no account filed
June 2013HailMissler-no account filed
April 2012HailMissler-no account filed
April 2012HailMissler-no account filed
April 2012HailMissler-no account filed
June 2010HailMissler-no account filed
July 2009HailMissler-no account filed
September 2001HailMissler-no account filed
April 2000HailMissler-no account filed
May 1999HailMissler-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMissler-no account filed
May 1998HailMissler-no account filed
July 1998HailMissler-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindMissler-no account filed
July 1998HailMissler-no account filed
August 1998HailMissler-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Meade 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
Collano4.0 miles8
Hobart5.0 miles8
Meade5.5 miles14
Plains9.2 miles8
Fowler13.5 miles14

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 MisslerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18345998The 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 484532. 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.