Vinland, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Palmyra Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66006. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin City quadrangle. It stands 889 feet above sea level.
On record in Vinland
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 3 records
Barnes-Hoskinson Farmsteadlisted 2023
Vinland Grange Halllisted 2000- Knud Anderson Farmsteadlisted 2023
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Baldwin City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Vinland between 2015 and 2020, burning about 471 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 were 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 51 |
| 28 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 29 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 163 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 161 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 88 |
| 10 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 134 |
| 9 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 27 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vinland in 13 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinland | $3,000 | Fiberglass roofs over a porch and car port were torn off. A 28 foot fifth wheel mobile home was blown off cement blocks and moved from 3 to 5 feet. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinland | $2,000 | Strong winds destroyed a wooden storage barn. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinland | $2,000 | Strong winds blew down a 45 inch diameter tree on a porch. Five young trees were uprooted as well. A wooded porch roof was torn off. |
| July 2024 | Flood | Vinland | - | County roads 2100 E and 1000 N flooded. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinland | - | Power lines were reported across the road. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Vinland | - | Hail report received via social media. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Vinland | - | Wind gusts were also reported to be 50 to 55 mph. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Vinland | - | Delayed report of a water rescue. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vinland | - | A barn expected to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places was destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds. The barn was nearly 100 years old, and was built from a kit from the Sears, Roebucks & Company. Items within the barn were also moved and damaged by the strong winds. The building had recently undergone improvements to make the barn more stable. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Vinland | - | Six inches of flowing water was reported over the intersection of Road 1061 and 458. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Vinland | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Vinland | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Vinland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sibleyville | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Baldwin City | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Clearfield | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Black Jack | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Broken Arrow Park | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Hesper | 7.0 miles | 21 | |
| Noria | 7.6 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Vinland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7932621 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 479519. 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.







