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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Meade quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Missler quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Liberal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional 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 use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 16011 |
| 14 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missler | $1,650,000 | Eleven 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missler | - | Strong Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated by the Public. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missler | - | Wind gust from trained spotter. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missler | - | Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Missler | - | This was one of three tornadoes in the area. This one moved slowly southwest. It was NOT a landspout tornado. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Missler | - | This 2nd of three tornadoes was over pasture ground. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Missler | - | This was the third of three tornadoes in this vicinity. It moved slowly south but was over cropland. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Missler | - | This tornado damaged pivot irrigation sprinklers as it moved northeast and then turned north into Gray county. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missler | - | A 2 inch diameter tree limb was broken by the high wind. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Missler | - | Hail from quarter to golfball size lasted 15 minutes. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Missler | - | The hail lasted for five minutes. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Missler | - | 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 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Missler | - | This tornado did not hit anything. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Missler | - | This tornado did not hit anything. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missler | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Missler | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Missler | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Missler | - | 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.
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 Missler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18345998 | The 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.





