BlockNatrona, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 6. It lies in ZIP code area 67583. The Survey maps it on the Pratt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Natrona between 2015 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 8 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
| 24 June 2020 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Pratt County | 13 |
| 10 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3 |
| 27 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Pratt County | 2017004 |
| 28 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Natrona in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF3) | Natrona | - | Public and storm chasers reported a tornado. A survey determined that a swath of damage was due to the tornado. Some damage included striped trees, broken power poles, a destroyed metal building, and large roof damage to a residential building. The tornado began in Pratt county before moving into Stafford county and then continued into ICT's CWA. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Natrona | - | Private weather station via weather underground reported 11.85 inches of rain. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natrona | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 to 80 MPH. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natrona | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natrona | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Natrona | - | A barn was destroyed, a house damaged, large trees uprooted, a bailing trailer thrown into trees and several pivot sprinklers were destroyed. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Natrona | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Natrona | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Natrona | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484660. 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.