BlockPetersburg, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66779. It stands on Hinton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Uniontown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1884 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Ft Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Uniontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Petersburg between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,702 acres in total. None 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 | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 228 |
| 8 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 135 |
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Bourbon County | 118 |
| 19 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 158 |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 55 |
| 22 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Bourbon County | 105 |
| 17 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Bourbon County | 87 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petersburg in 7 storm reports between 2005 and 2016: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Petersburg | $100,000 | A brief EF-1 tornado touched down near the southern end of the Bourbon County Lake and traveled northwestward towards the corner of 20th Street and Indian Road. One mobile home which was properly tied down was shifted approximately four feet off its foundation and had severe damage to the exterior. There was a couple outbuildings or small barns that were totally destroyed. There was a couple of trees that were uprooted. Numerous large tree branches were either blown down or snapped. Another house had numerous shingles torn off the roof. A pontoon boat was lifted and thrown 10 yards. The estimated winds were at 90 mph and path width of 100 yards. |
| August 2012 | Hail | Petersburg | $5,000 | Emergency management estimated up to one inch in diameter hail stones combined with up to 70 mph winds severely damaged the soybean crop in southern Bourbon County. No dollar amount in damages was determined due to the extreme drought conditions that have already severely damaged this year's crop. A couple homes suffered minor roof and siding damage from the hail and damaging winds. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petersburg | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a roof of a farm house. Minor tree damage was also observed. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Petersburg | - | Excessive rainfall caused Prong Creek to flood a section of Highway 3. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Petersburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Petersburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Petersburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford (historical) | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Uniontown | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Porterville | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Redfield | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Hiattville | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Hollister | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Marmaton | 9.1 miles | 20 | |
| Ronald | 9.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484696. 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.