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.
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
Bullfoot Creek Bridgelisted 1985
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.
- 1894 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Vesper quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2009Regional 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,350 acres | Kansas Counties | LINCOLN COUNTY COMPLEX |
| 25 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18037 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Ryan Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vesper | $10,000 | Roof and tree damage was reported. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Vesper | $100 | Many 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 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Vesper | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vesper | - | This was an official measurement. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vesper | - | Estimated gust reported by the Emergency Manager. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Vesper | - | A trained spotter reported mostly dime to quarter sized hail. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Vesper | - | Sixty mph winds were also reported with the hail. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Vesper | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vesper | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldenrod | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Denmark | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sylvan Grove | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Grant | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lincoln | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Quartzite | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ash Grove | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wolf Creek | 10.5 miles | 12 |
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.




