Reece, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Spring Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67045. The Survey maps it on the Reece quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Reece quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Reece between 2015 and 2020, burning about 4,265 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 92 |
| 7 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Greenwood County | 18-38 |
| 27 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 60 |
| 25 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 68619 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Greenwood County | 63 |
| 2 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Greenwood County | 30 |
| 8 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,700 acres | Greenwood County | D165 |
| 27 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Greenwood County | 12 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reece in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reece | - | This was a measured wind gust from a Kansas DOT site. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reece | - | Thunderstorm winds produced a line of damage including snapped tree trunks, broken tree limbs and snapped four electric transmission lines. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Reece | - | A brief tornado rolled a camper and tossed an outbuilding. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reece | - | This was measured by the mesonet site K5EUR at highway US-54 near EUREKA. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reece | - | Winds of 70 mph were estimated and reported. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Reece | - | Significant flooding was being reported across the county due to the heavy rains. The heavy rain combined with the terrain was causing very treachorous conditions across much of the county. The rocky soil conditions were not allowing for water penetration and most of the rain was running off into area creeks and streams producing several water covered roads across the county. |
| May 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Reece | - | A storm chaser reported a rotating wall cloud and funnel clouds going up and down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reece | - | The wind gust was reported by the emergency manager. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reece | - | Sherrif deputy reported estimated wind speeds of 80 mph with half inch size hail. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Reece | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Reece | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Reece | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Reece | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Reece | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reece | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belleview (historical) | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sallyards | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Landergin (historical) | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ivanpah | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Eureka | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Blodgett | 12.0 miles | 15 | |
| Piedmont | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Climax | 13.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 474630. 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.







