BlockSunland, Kansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Weskan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67758. The Survey maps it on the Sharon Springs West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Weskan quadrangle1:62500
- 1979 USGS Sharon Springs West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sharon Springs quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sunland between 2006 and 2015, burning about 1,108 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,107 acres | Wallace County | not named |
| 14 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunland in 21 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew an empty grain bin off its foundation and into another bin. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | Kansas State Mesonet, Wallace site reported a 69 MPH gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | The mesonet site named Wallace on the Kansas Mesonet measured the 59 mph wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sunland | - | Storm chaser report and photo via social media of 2.25 inch hail. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Sunland | - | Landspout tornado reported in the northern part of the county where two boundaries were colliding. No damage was reported due to the landspout remaining over open country. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | Mesonet station KWLK1 Wallace. Wind gust measured at 2 meter height. Wind direction from the north-northeast. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | KWLK1 Mesonet station reported a 61 mph 2-meter thunderstorm wind gust at location. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | Thunderstorm wind gust of 66 mph reported by Mesonet station at location. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Sunland | - | Public report of 1 inch hail. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | Mesonet station reported a 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Sunland | - | Trained spotter observed dime to penny sized hail. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | Storm survey found additional significant wind damage in Wallace County. At this particular farmstead, numerous tree branches were broken, damage to several large metal grain bins, complete collapse of a farm building, and loss of metal roofing material of another building. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | Amateur radio operator estimated peak thunderstorm wind gusts near 60 mph. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Sunland | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Sunland | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Sunland | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Sunland | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Springs | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Weskan | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wallace | 12.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484549. 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.