Pilsen, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66861. The Survey maps it on the Pilsen quadrangle. 65 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,437 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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 Newton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Newton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Pilsen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Pilsen between 2015 and 2018, burning about 178 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 180007 |
| 29 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Marion County | 41 |
| 8 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Marion County | 17009 |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 67 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 6 |
| 19 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Marion County | 17002 |
| 18 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018003 |
| 16 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2016001 |
| 1 November 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 71 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pilsen in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2006: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Pilsen | $100,000 | COMBINE FLIPPED ONTO IT'S SIDE AND ONE BARN RIPPED FROM IT'S FOUNDATION. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Pilsen | $5,000 | Several reports of broken or cracked wind shields and siding damage in the Pilsen area between 8 and 9 pm due to large hail. Additionally, various wheat fields were knocked down, breaking off the wheat two inches from the ground. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Pilsen | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pilsen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lincolnville | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Eastshore | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lost Springs | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Tampa | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Marion | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Ramona | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Canada | 9.0 miles | 15 |
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 Pilsen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7194513 | 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 477246. 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.





