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Volland, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66401. The Survey maps it on the Volland quadrangle.

Volland within Wabaunsee County

On record in Volland

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Volland between 2015 and 2017, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 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 burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
16 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKansas Forest Service43
3 April 2015Natural1.0 acresKansas Forest Service28
21 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use10 acresWabaunsee County20
19 March 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresWabaunsee County18
16 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service21
16 March 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service22

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabaunsee County

Storms near this place

17 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Volland in 17 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 9 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
March 1998Thunderstorm WindVolland$2,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindVolland-Home weather station measured a 60.9 mph gust.
August 2019Tornado (EF1)Volland-Storm chaser footage and NWS damage survey found a tornado with a path that moved north northwest for approximately 7 miles. Damage occurred to well constructed renovated barns along the path. Winds estimated to have been around 100 mph producing EF1 damage.
August 2019Tornado (EFU)Volland-Law enforcement reported 2 small tornadoes over this area of the county. This is the southern tornado. No damage was noted with the tornadoes owing to being over open pastureland however reports and radar do suggest that they existed in some form. Path and time are estimated off radar and reports.
May 2019HailVolland-Lots of quarter size hail which was accumulating on the ground.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindVolland-Estimated wind gusts of 60-70 MPH.
August 2019Tornado (EFU)Volland-Storm Chasers reported brief touchdown in open field. This tornado then moved into Wabaunsee County through open pasture. Minor tree and tree limb damage was reported with this tornado however location suggests this could have been associated with RFD on south side of circulation and not tornado itself. Therefore it will be rated EFU.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Volland-Video evidence of a tornado existing for at least one|minute, traveling approximately 1000 yards in that time. Start time |and location are likely prior to those noted here, with end time and |location likely after those noted here, but this is the period for |which video evidence encompasses. No damage was reported with this |tornado. Time estimated based on radar data.
May 2013HailVolland-Delayed report.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindVolland-The wind was very strong.
June 2008HailVolland-Spotters called to report quarter size hail.
May 2017HailVolland-no account filed
April 2016HailVolland-no account filed
March 2009HailVolland-no account filed
August 2009HailVolland-no account filed
May 2002HailVolland-no account filed
June 2001HailVolland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wabaunsee 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
Alta Vista7.1 miles15
Allendorph7.8 miles16
Alma7.9 miles16
Hessdale10.6 miles16
McFarland11.6 miles16
Wabaunsee14.3 miles17
Paxico15.3 miles16
Newbury15.5 miles16

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 VollandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2532423The 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 476735. 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.