Silverdale, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Silverdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67005. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silverdale quadrangle. 61 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,086 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Burden quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Silverdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Silverdale between 2015 and 2020, burning about 842 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 | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | 1712 |
| 25 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Cowley County | 1261 |
| 25 June 2015 | Smoking | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1083 |
| 12 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Cowley County | 1177 |
| 4 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 960 |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 3 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 566 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silverdale in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 15 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Silverdale | $150,000 | Tornado moving east near Maple City caused damage to a homestead. The house and barn sustained damage to the roof. All the windows were blown out of the cars, and a horse trailer was overturned. |
| August 2009 | Lightning | Silverdale | $100,000 | A rural home a few miles east of Arkansas City was destroyed by fire after being hit by lightning during the early morning hours. No one was injured. The Winfield Daily Courier contributed to this report. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | $10,000 | Ten power poles and associated power lines downed. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2024 | Heavy Rain | Silverdale | - | Observer measured 4.75 inches of rain east of Arkansas City by seven miles in a 24 hour period in large part due to training thunderstorms during the late afternoon into the overnight hours. There was a report of 4.42 inches in Dexter too. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | The strongest winds were brief. |
| October 2020 | Heavy Rain | Silverdale | - | A total of 3.67 inches of rain was reported for the previous 24 hours. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Silverdale | - | This report came in via Mping. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Silverdale | - | The hail was nickel to quarter size. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | The winds were estimated one mile west of Silverdale. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Silverdale | - | The hail was dime to quarter sized. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Silverdale | - | Near the town of Silverdale. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | Hail up to quarter size was also reported. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Silverdale | - | Winds of 60 mph were also reported. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Silverdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Parkerfield | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Valley (historical) | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Vinton | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Maple City | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Arkansas City | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Eschs (historical) | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Moxham | 9.1 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Silverdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7516663 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 469029. 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.




