BlockRago, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67142. It stands on Red Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rago quadrangle.
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 Anthony quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Anthony quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Rago quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Rago in 2018, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 201863 |
| 28 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1803 |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rago in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2016: 10 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Heavy Rain | Rago | 1 hurt, $5,000 | A vehicle traveling north, hit water standing on the roadway and lost control south of Rago on Kansas Highway 14. The driver of the car was injured when his left arm/elbow went through the drivers window. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF2) | Rago | $125,000 | The tornado touched down and caused some damage to a barn and some trees limbs were partially torn off. As the tornado continued to move to the northeast more significant damage occurred. A house was damaged with the roof being torn off of a house with 2 exterior walls being blown out (EF2 damage). Two garages were also destroyed and a riding lawnmower was removed from the garage and moved 100 yards downstream. Three people took shelter from the tornado in the basement and were unharmed. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rago | $15,000 | Law enforcement reports three foot diameter cottonwood trees were blown down. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rago | $6,000 | Some power poles were downed along Highway 42. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rago | $5,000 | Two portable sheds approximately 10 miles south of Kingman on Highway 14 were thrown roughly 300-400 yards from winds estimated around 70 mph. The Norwich News was the sole contributor to this report. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Rago | $500 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rago | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was reported by law enforcement. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Rago | - | A rope tornado touched down a few miles east to southeast of Rago in an open field. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rago | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds 6 miles east of Rago. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Rago | - | Occurred at K-14/K-42 intersection. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rago | - | Occurred at K-14/K-42 intersection. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Rago | - | Occurred in open country. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Rago | - | CHIKASKIA RIVER FLOODED 2 MILES SOUTH OF RAGO CLOSING SMALL SECTION OF K14. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Rago | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Rago | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Rago | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Rago | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Rago | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rago | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Rago | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rago | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rago | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Rago | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Rago | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 470413. 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.