BlockRay, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67550. The Survey maps it on the Radium quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1891 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Radium quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ray between 2016 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
Storms near this place
18 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ray in 18 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 2008 | Flood | Ray | $100 | Slow runoff from rain that occurred earlier in the week produced creek flooding that ran over secondary roads for several days. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Ray | - | This was a brief tornado that dissipated at the county line. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Ray | - | Rainfall of 1.17 inches was measured. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Ray | - | Rainfall of 1.42 inches was measured. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ray | - | There was tree and road sign damage. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ray | - | Power poles were blown down. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Ray | - | The tornado did EF1 damage in Pawnee county but became stronger as it moved into Pawnee Rock in Barton County. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Ray | - | The hail was mostly nickel sized. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ray | - | Power lines were blown down between mile marker 8 and 9 on Highway K-9. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ray | - | Several six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Ray | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Ray | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Ray | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ray | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Ray | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Ray | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ray | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Ray | - | 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 484753. 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.