BlockVarner, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in White Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67068. The Survey maps it on the Kingman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Varner between 2008 and 2020, burning about 6,530 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 101 |
| 17 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 40 |
| 26 June 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 87 |
| 22 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 83 |
| 5 May 2018 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1501 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 41 |
| 27 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 65 |
| 25 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Varner in 2 storm reports in 2002: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Varner | - | Trees downed. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Varner | - | 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 484665. 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.