BlockVine Creek, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ottawa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67458. The Survey maps it on the Vine Creek 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.
- 1891 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Vine Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Vine Creek in 2017, burning about 46 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Clay County | 11 |
| 11 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Clay County | 3 |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vine Creek in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 12 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Creek | - | Power poles broken and trees down between Granite and Homestead roads. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Creek | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| October 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Vine Creek | - | Video evidence suggested a brief tornado in an open field. No damage reported and the tornado did not last more than 1 min per the video that was provided. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | Wind gusts estimated up to 40 mph. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Creek | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Creek | - | Spotter estimate of 70 mph winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Creek | - | Public estimated of 65 mph winds. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vine Creek | - | Delayed report of damage to a hay shed, loafing shed, and broken posts at the ground. Wind threw a 500 gallon tank about 100 yards. Winds estimated around 60-80 mph. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Vine Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Verdi | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Niles | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bennington | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Lamar | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lindsey | 14.0 miles | 15 | |
| Minneapolis | 15.4 miles | 15 | |
| Alfmil | 16.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484781. 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.