Whiteside, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Reno Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67501. The Survey maps it on the Yaggy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Lyons quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Yaggy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Whiteside between 2015 and 2018, burning about 55 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 3144 |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 3375 |
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Reno County | 3246 |
| 23 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 240 |
| 11 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 242 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 194 |
| 3 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2272 |
| 24 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 209 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whiteside in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Whiteside | - | The tornado touched down briefly in an open field. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whiteside | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Whiteside | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hutchinson | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cruppers Corner | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Partridge | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Adams Corner | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Elmer | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Darlow | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hutchinson | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Yaggy | 6.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484761. 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.





