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Vesper, Kansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Vesper Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67455. The Survey maps it on the Vesper quadrangle.

Vesper within Lincoln County

On record in Vesper

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Vesper between 2009 and 2018, burning about 5,390 acres in total. None 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/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5,350 acresKansas CountiesLINCOLN COUNTY COMPLEX
25 January 2018Debris and open burning40 acresKansas Forest Service18037

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Vesper: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wilson Ryan Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vesper in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2022: 14 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013Thunderstorm WindVesper$10,000Roof and tree damage was reported.
July 2010FloodVesper$100Many county roads were flooded across the eastern half of the county. Measured rainfall in Lincoln was 4.80 inches and 4.25 inches in Barnard.
June 2022Tornado (EFU)Vesper-Brief touchdown in open country.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindVesper-This was an official measurement.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindVesper-Estimated gust reported by the Emergency Manager.
August 2010HailVesper-A trained spotter reported mostly dime to quarter sized hail.
August 2009HailVesper-Sixty mph winds were also reported with the hail.
June 2017HailVesper-no account filed
April 2017HailVesper-no account filed
April 2009HailVesper-no account filed
July 2009HailVesper-no account filed
August 2009HailVesper-no account filed
June 2008HailVesper-no account filed
June 2008HailVesper-no account filed
May 2002HailVesper-no account filed
May 2002HailVesper-no account filed
June 2001HailVesper-no account filed
July 1998HailVesper-no account filed
March 1998HailVesper-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindVesper-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Goldenrod2.7 miles12
Denmark4.0 miles12
Sylvan Grove6.2 miles12
Grant6.6 miles12
Lincoln7.2 miles12
Quartzite9.8 miles12
Ash Grove9.9 miles12
Wolf Creek10.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472550. 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.