BlockSolomon Rapids, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Turkey Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67420. It stands on Dog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Solomon Rapids 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.
- 1894 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Solomon Rapids quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Solomon Rapids between 2015 and 2020, burning about 12 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 150022 |
| 23 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mitchell County | 6 |
| 11 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Mitchell County | 170021 |
| 28 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180013 |
| 17 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Mitchell County | 170010 |
| 13 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 23 |
| 1 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Solomon Rapids in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2009: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 | Tornado (EF0) | Solomon Rapids | $5,000 | A storm chaser captured video of a tornado that started near Solomon Rapids and moved north. The tornado exited Mitchell County and entered Jewell County along Highway 14. Being in open and rural areas of Mitchell County, only trees and a few power poles were damaged as well as some wheat fields. |
| September 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Solomon Rapids | - | This tornado was spotted along with the previous Mitchell county tornado. The tornado stayed out in open areas and caused no damage. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Solomon Rapids | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beloit | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Glen Elder | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Gilbert | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Asherville | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Cawker City | 13.1 miles | 15 | |
| Scottsville | 13.6 miles | 13 | |
| Blue Hill | 14.6 miles | 12 | |
| Simpson | 15.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472328. 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.