BlockNew Salem, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67156. The Survey maps it on the New Salem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Burden quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS New Salem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of New Salem between 2015 and 2018, burning about 177 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | 2209 |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | 2211 |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Cowley County | 2210 |
| 12 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cowley County | 2232 |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 52 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cowley County | 872 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Cowley County | 873 |
| 8 March 2017 | Other causes | 12 acres | Cowley County | 574 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Salem in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2008: 6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Salem | $50,000 | Event began on 5/8/93 and ended on 5/15/93. Heavy rains faling over already saturated ground caused maily low land and agricultural flooking along the Smoky Hill River and Chapman Creek. These conditions persisted for several days which kept water levels kept water levels above flood stage. Most of the damage was agricultural but persons living along the Smoky Hill River and Chapman Creek had to be evacuated and damage was done to their homes. Many county roads were underwater and had to be closed. |
| May 2008 | Hail | New Salem | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | New Salem | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | New Salem | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | New Salem | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | New Salem | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | New Salem | - | 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 469917. 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.