BlockReamsville, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Martin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66967. The Survey maps it on the Reamsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Reamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reamsville in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2008: 2 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Reamsville | $75,000 | Thunderstorms rumbled across northern Kansas and dumped several inches of rain across Smith County. This caused several rural roads and area creeks and streams to flood. |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Reamsville | $50,000 | Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains of 3 to 4 inches across this area. This caused several creeks to go out of their banks and many rural roads were flooded. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Reamsville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Reamsville | - | The same law enforcement officer saw another brief tornado along Highway 8 northwest of Reamsville. Again, no damage was reported. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Reamsville | - | A short lived tornado occurred in northern Smith county. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Reamsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornburg | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Womer | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cora | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Smith Center | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Athol | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bellaire | 13.6 miles | 12 | |
| Kensington | 14.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lebanon | 18.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484584. 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.
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.