BlockThornburg, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66967. The Survey maps it on the Reamsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Reamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Thornburg between 2015 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Smith County | 2017026 |
| 27 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015010 |
| 23 February 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Smith County | 2017013 |
| 21 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2018049 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thornburg in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2003: 3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Thornburg | $50,000 | This tornado touched down in the Thornburg area and damaged a church before moving out across open country and dissipating. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Thornburg | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Thornburg | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Thornburg | - | Another short lived tornado in northern Smith county. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Thornburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Thornburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Thornburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reamsville | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Womer | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cora | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Smith Center | 11.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bellaire | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Athol | 14.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lebanon | 15.4 miles | 12 | |
| Kensington | 17.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484583. 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.