BlockStubbs, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Kiowa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67070. The Survey maps it on the Stubbs quadrangle. It stands 1,381 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Stubbs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Stubbs between 2000 and 2017, burning about 44 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Barber County | 62417 |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 53006 |
| 24 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 53002 |
| 11 February 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Concho Field Office | BURNS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stubbs in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2017: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stubbs | 1 hurt | A semi truck was blown off the road by the high wind. The driver suffered non-life threatening head injuries but was taken to the hospital. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Stubbs | - | All windows were shattered around the house. There were one foot diameter holes created in the vinyl siding. There could have actually be larger hail that did this damage. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stubbs | - | A barn roof was torn off by the high winds. There was significant tree damage also. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stubbs | - | Winds to 93 MPH were recorded by the home weather station before the equipment was blown down. |
| June 2008 | Flood | Stubbs | - | Roads were washed out in the area by heavy rain pouring out of fields and across the county roads. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stubbs | - | In addition to the wind there was also 1/4 inch diameter hail. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Stubbs | - | 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.
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 Stubbs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7627355 | 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 484526. 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.