BlockStrawberry, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Strawberry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66937. The Survey maps it on the Brantford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1893 USGS Washington quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Brantford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Concordia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Strawberry in 2020, burning about 1 acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 April 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
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Strawberry in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | $1,000 | A 6 inch diameter tree limb snapped in Clifton. In Barnes a trained spotter reported an estimated 70 mph wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | - | Outbuilding destroyed. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | - | Fifteen power poles snapped on Eagle Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strawberry | - | Widespread tree damage along Highway 148. Several tree trunks were snapped. Time was estimated via radar. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Strawberry | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Strawberry | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calderhead | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brantford | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Enosdale | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Palmer | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Linn | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Clifton | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Morrowville | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Haddam | 10.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484625. 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.