BlockVerdi, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Buckeye Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67470. It stands on Coal Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Cambria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Salina quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS New Cambria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Verdi between 2015 and 2018, burning about 39 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 46 |
| 26 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 380 |
| 12 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 24 |
| 12 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ottawa County | 12 |
| 15 December 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 101 |
| 7 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Verdi in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Verdi | - | Quarter size hail southeast of Bennington. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Verdi | - | Numerous county roads were impassable overnight due to high water. Also water was flowing over the intersection at 210th and Quartz Road. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Verdi | - | There were 50 to 60 mph winds with small hail and small tree limbs down. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Verdi | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Verdi | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Verdi | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niles | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bennington | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Vine Creek | 9.9 miles | 14 | |
| Wells | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lindsey | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Culver | 13.6 miles | 16 | |
| Minneapolis | 14.0 miles | 15 | |
| Alfmil | 15.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476649. 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.