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Newman, Kansas

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Kentucky Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66073. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle.

Newman within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

57 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Newman between 2005 and 2020, burning about 365 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning17
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service213
14 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresKansas Forest Service132
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2018125
2 July 2017Fireworksunder an acreShawnee County663
7 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service35
5 April 2018Debris and open burning45 acresKansas Forest Service67
5 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service430
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service473

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newman: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hamm PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newman in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
April 2009LightningNewman1 killed, 1 hurtA group of seven motorcyclists riding together as members of the group Bikers Against Child Abuse were struck by lightning just before 5pm on the 25th. One biker was killed by the strike, and the rider next to him was injured and taken to the hospital, but released later that evening. The other 5 were not injured.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindNewman-Relayed report by Emergency Manager.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindNewman-County EM relayed fire department estimate of 60 mph wind gusts east of Grantville.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindNewman-Mping base level report of wind damage.
April 2001HailNewman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Medina2.3 miles24
Thompsonville2.4 miles24
Perry3.8 miles24
Grantville5.1 miles22
Lake Ridge5.9 miles22
Hilldale South6.5 miles22
Lakeside Village6.9 miles22
Hilldale7.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478808. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.