BlockSummit, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Murray Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66403. The Survey maps it on the Summerfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Seneca quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Summerfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Blue Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 2015 and 2018, burning about 50 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 92018 |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 83 |
| 21 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3 |
| 20 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
| 19 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Marshall County | 114 |
| 18 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3182018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summit in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Summit | - | A trained spotter reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Summit | - | A storm chaser reported a funnel cloud via Spotter Network. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Summit | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Summit | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beattie | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Axtell | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Bridget | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Summerfield | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Home | 9.9 miles | 14 | |
| Winifred | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Upland | 12.1 miles | 14 | |
| Vliets | 12.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484614. 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.