Norwood, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Hayes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66067. The Survey maps it on the Le Loup quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Le Loup quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Norwood between 2015 and 2020, burning about 692 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 were 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Franklin County | 2017195 |
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 311 |
| 22 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Franklin County | 2017191 |
| 20 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Franklin County | 2017190 |
| 8 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Franklin County | 36 |
| 5 May 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Franklin County | 32 |
| 27 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 229 |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Franklin County | 2017107 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwood in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Norwood | $25,000 | A water rescue was needed to get people out of a vehicle near Norwood, Kansas. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | - | Semi overturned near mile marker 188 on I-35. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | - | Shingles were blown off of a house. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Norwood | - | Several rural roads are under water in the northeast portion of Franklin County. 2 water rescues from vehicles and 1 from a home. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Norwood | - | Water rescue reported in the 3800 block of Nebraska Drive in Ottawa. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwood | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Norwood | - | Windows blown out of houses by the hail and wind. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Norwood | - | A spotter in Ottawa reported that they had received approximately two inches of rain in thirty minutes. This led to flash flooding across portions of Franklin County. Flash flooding was reported near the intersection of I-35 and Sand Creek Road. There were widespread washouts of gravel county roadways. Part of the roof of the Bank of America building in Ottawa collapsed, which allowed water to pour into the building. Cornfields were also inundated with water. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Norwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Norwood | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Norwood | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Norwood | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Norwood | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Loup | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ottawa Junction | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Centropolis | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Ottawa | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wellsville | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Richter | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Peoria | 10.1 miles | 17 | |
| B N Junction | 10.3 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484888. 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.







