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Skiddy, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 5. It lies in ZIP code area 66872. It stands on Ralls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Skiddy quadrangle.

Skiddy within Morris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

19 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Skiddy between 2012 and 2020, burning about 8,824 acres in total. 2 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined8,000 acresKansas CountiesSKIDDY WEST ROAD
4 July 2018Debris and open burning10 acresKansas Forest Service2018031
25 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use30 acresKansas Forest Service2018034
30 June 2018Natural2.0 acresKansas Forest Service108
16 June 2020Natural1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service84
11 May 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresKansas Forest Service2018027
26 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresKansas Forest Service76

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morris County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skiddy in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 7 hail, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2005Flash FloodSkiddy$50,000Fast flowing water over roads.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSkiddy-Several outbuildings were blown over and/or collapsed at a residence 1 mile south of US77 and K-157.
June 2017HailSkiddy-Report received via social media.
August 2013Flash FloodSkiddy-Delayed report from social media. Flash flooding reported over roads west of White City. Water over 2700 rd between G ave and H ave has caused road closures.
July 2010Flash FloodSkiddy-B Avenue near Thomas Creek was completely washed out from rapidly flowing water.
April 2026HailSkiddy-no account filed
April 2014HailSkiddy-no account filed
June 2011HailSkiddy-no account filed
June 2011HailSkiddy-no account filed
June 2011HailSkiddy-no account filed
June 1999HailSkiddy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morris County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
White City5.9 miles15
Latimer9.3 miles15
Parkerville10.1 miles15
Dwight10.8 miles15
Downing (historical)14.6 miles15
Delavan14.7 miles15
Kelso15.0 miles15
Wilsey17.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476875. 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.