Swamp Angel, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Blue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66502. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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 Wamego quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS St George quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. George quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
130 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Swamp Angel between 2002 and 2020, burning about 4,268 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Riley County | 1674 |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Pottawatomie County | 144 |
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18505 |
| 22 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pottawatomie County | 84 |
| 8 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176025 |
| 7 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pottawatomie County | 107 |
| 4 July 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176021 |
| 3 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1169 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Swamp Angel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reichling Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Swamp Angel in 18 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 9 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Swamp Angel | $250,000 | Tornado occurred at the Elbo lake community east of Manhattan. Many large trees were damaged or blown over...powerlines were downed...a boat blown across the lake and at least four buildings sustained damage...primarily from trees falling on them. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Swamp Angel | - | Social media report. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Swamp Angel | - | Half dollar sized hail reported. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swamp Angel | - | Measured at mesonet station FW6911 Manhattan. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swamp Angel | - | Four inch diameter tree limb downed from estimated 70 mph winds. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swamp Angel | - | An 8 inch diameter tree limb was reported down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swamp Angel | - | Tree blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swamp Angel | - | A tree was blown down. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swamp Angel | - | Winds estimated. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Swamp Angel | - | Spotter was located 3 miles east of St. Marys on highway 24. Winds estimated 40-50 mph. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Swamp Angel | - | Both Lanes of Highway 24 were under water, 3 miles west of St. George. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Swamp Angel | - | Power line and tree damage was reported in the eastern part of Manhattan. A street sign was also blown down in Wamego. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Swamp Angel | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Swamp Angel | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Swamp Angel | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Swamp Angel | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Swamp Angel | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Swamp Angel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint George | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Flush | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Wamego | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Louisville | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Westmoreland | 14.2 miles | 17 | |
| Belvue | 16.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fostoria | 17.0 miles | 20 | |
| Laclede | 17.4 miles | 16 |
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 Swamp Angel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7653316 | 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 484778. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








