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Springdale, Kansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Alexandria Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66020. The Survey maps it on the Easton quadrangle.

Springdale within Leavenworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

41 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Springdale between 2009 and 2020, burning about 2,785 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLeavenworth County908
22 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined800 acresKansas CountiesSPRINGDALE
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKansas Forest Service4000125
22 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJefferson County4000104
11 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLeavenworth County86
24 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service4000073
24 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service4000074
9 March 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service4000041

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leavenworth County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springdale in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 hail, 6 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
April 2008Thunderstorm WindSpringdale$1,000Hay barn was blown into the roadway. Numerous trees also were reported down.
March 2024HailSpringdale-Quarter sized hail covering the ground near K-92 and 195th Street west of Leavenworth.
March 2024HailSpringdale-Quarter size hail was reported in Springdale.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSpringdale-Emergency management reported 60 mph wind near Jarbalo.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindSpringdale-Several outbuildings had their roofs blown off.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSpringdale-An Emergency Manager reported 60 mph wind.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSpringdale-An Emergency Manager reported 60 mph wind.
March 2017HailSpringdale-Emergency Management reported golf ball sized hail at 207th Road and Springdale Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSpringdale-Three large trees about 20 inches in diameter were blown down.
April 1998HailSpringdale-A spotter reported golfball-size hail in Springdale.
May 1997HailSpringdale-Quarter-size hail was reported by the county sheriff's office 4 miles west of Springdale.
August 2019HailSpringdale-no account filed
June 2011HailSpringdale-no account filed
March 2003HailSpringdale-no account filed
May 2000HailSpringdale-no account filed
July 1996HailSpringdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leavenworth 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
Jarbalo4.9 miles22
Five Points5.3 miles22
Easton5.9 miles23
Millwood8.6 miles26
Lowemont9.1 miles26
Hoge9.1 miles35
Tonganoxie10.5 miles23
Fairmount11.0 miles35

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 SpringdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20709718The 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 478369. 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.