Silkville, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Williamsburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66095. The Survey maps it on the Williamsburg quadrangle.
On record in Silkville
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Silkvillelisted 1972 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Garnett quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Williamsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Silkville between 2015 and 2018, burning about 141 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 66 |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 217 |
| 5 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
| 21 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Coffey County | 166 |
| 17 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Franklin County | 18 |
| 1 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 48 |
| 8 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Anderson County | 1755005 |
| 4 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Osage County | 19 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silkville in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silkville | - | Spotter reports winds around 70 mph. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Silkville | - | Water was running over Highway 33. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Silkville | - | Radar estimated time. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Silkville | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Silkville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Silkville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsburg | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Ransomville | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Homewood | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pomona | 11.1 miles | 17 | |
| Princeton | 11.6 miles | 17 | |
| Richter | 12.6 miles | 17 | |
| Richmond | 12.9 miles | 17 | |
| B N Junction | 13.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484824. 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.








