BlockOcheltree, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Spring Hill City. It lies in ZIP code area 66083. The Survey maps it on the Ocheltree quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Ocheltree quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ocheltree quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
134 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Ocheltree between 2003 and 2018, burning about 530 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 | 60 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2460103 |
| 22 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2340214 |
| 22 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Johnson County | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 10 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2220104 |
| 10 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 3 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Johnson County | 1840202 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ocheltree in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | Ocheltree | - | Quarter sized hail reported at Wolf Creek Elementary School. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Ocheltree | - | This report came via MPing. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocheltree | - | Multiple limbs were down, shingles were off a garage, and a tin shed roof was blown off. Witness reported winds lasted 3 minutes. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocheltree | - | Power lines were reported down near 199th and Woodland Road in Spring Hill. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Ocheltree | - | This report was received via social media. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ocheltree | - | Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 86 mph. |
| September 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Ocheltree | - | A brief EF0 tornado touchdown was observed at 1610CST, in an open field. A dust whirl was observed with no damage reported. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Ocheltree | - | 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 Ocheltree | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17108433 | 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 479555. 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.