Valencia, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Dover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66615. It stands on Ensign Creek. The Survey maps it on the Willard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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 Topeka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
66 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Valencia between 2005 and 2020, burning about 597 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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 | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15 |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 17217 |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee County | 219 |
| 9 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 200 |
| 19 June 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 174 |
| 15 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee County | 95 |
| 11 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 8824 |
| 7 May 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Shawnee County | 7361 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Valencia in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2008 | Lightning | Valencia | 1 hurt | A 15-year-old girl was struck by lightning when a bolt hit near her home, traveled through the steel plumbing, and into the shower nozzle. The girl was taking a shower at the time she was struck. A single indentation was evident on the girl's knee. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Measured by a personal weather station. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Valencia | - | Half dollar size hail north of Dover. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Report from mping of three inch diameter tree branches down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Home weather station measured 58 mph gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Personal weather station. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Report of 70 mph wind gust. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Report from NWS employee. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Estimated 60-70 mph winds. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Valencia | - | Very heavy rainfall and winds near 55 mph were also reported. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Valencia | - | Flooding reported in the 3000 block of Auburn Road. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Trees were snapped or uprooted. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Valencia | - | Mostly quarters and ping pong ball size. There were a few golf balls. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Valencia | - | Delayed report. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | Signifigant microburst occurred across portions of Topeka. Roof damaged at 21st and Wanamaker Road. Power lines and light pole were snapped at 29th and Gage as well as large tree limbs down. Shingles blown off of houses and 3 inche tree limbs down at 29th and Auburn Road. Large tree down, roof removed from barnd, and power lines down near 23rd and Croco Road. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Valencia | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Valencia | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Valencia | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Valencia | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Valencia | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Valencia | - | 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 484864. 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.






