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.
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.
- Grimm-Schultz Farmsteadlisted 2020 · 0.3 miles away
- Fix Farmsteadlisted 2015 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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 Eskridge quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Volland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Council Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2015Regional 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 burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 43 |
| 3 April 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 28 |
| 21 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Wabaunsee County | 20 |
| 19 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Wabaunsee County | 18 |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 21 |
| 16 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 22 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volland | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volland | - | Home weather station measured a 60.9 mph gust. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (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 2019 | Tornado (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 2019 | Hail | Volland | - | Lots of quarter size hail which was accumulating on the ground. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volland | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60-70 MPH. |
| August 2019 | Tornado (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 2017 | Tornado (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 2013 | Hail | Volland | - | Delayed report. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Volland | - | The wind was very strong. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Volland | - | Spotters called to report quarter size hail. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Volland | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Volland | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Volland | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Volland | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Volland | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Volland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Allendorph | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Alma | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hessdale | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| McFarland | 11.6 miles | 16 | |
| Wabaunsee | 14.3 miles | 17 | |
| Paxico | 15.3 miles | 16 | |
| Newbury | 15.5 miles | 16 |
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 Volland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2532423 | 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 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.






