Wauneta, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Summit Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67024. It stands on Shanghai Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Vale East quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1885 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cedar Vale East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Sedan quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Wauneta between 2015 and 2020, burning about 4,396 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 255 |
| 8 April 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2,400 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chautauqua County | 1722 |
| 13 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Chautauqua County | 380 |
| 7 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 220 |
| 31 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Chautauqua County | 375 |
| 26 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 11 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1,600 acres | Chautauqua County | 21117 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wauneta in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2008: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wauneta | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wauneta | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Wauneta | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Wauneta | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Wauneta | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wauneta | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Wauneta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Layton | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gibbs | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Osro | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hewins | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rogers | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cedar Vale | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Elgin | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cloverdale | 9.7 miles | 13 |
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 Wauneta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14689982 | 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 484426. 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.





