BlockSutphen, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fragrant Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67431. The Survey maps it on the Upland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Upland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Sutphen between 2005 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 14802 |
| 21 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Dickinson County | 170008 |
| 4 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Cloud County | not named |
| 4 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Cloud County | not named |
| 2 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 12096 |
| 19 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Dickinson County | 170007 |
| 17 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Dickinson County | 170006 |
| 13 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Dickinson County | 170005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sutphen in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2022 | Hail | Sutphen | - | Baseball sized hail reported. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Sutphen | - | Car washed off the road near intersection of 3200 Ave and Oat Rd. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutphen | - | There was debris flying around outside. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutphen | - | Tree limbs up to 10 inches in diameter down. Telephone pole broke and machine shed flattened. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutphen | - | A trained spotter near Junction City reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Sutphen | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Sutphen | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Sutphen | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sutphen | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484783. 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.