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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.

Whiteside within Reno County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

45 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreReno County3144
22 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreReno County3375
14 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresReno County3246
23 August 2015Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service240
11 August 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service242
4 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service194
3 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service2272
24 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service209

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reno County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Whiteside-The tornado touched down briefly in an open field.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWhiteside-no account filed
May 2007HailWhiteside-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Reno 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
South Hutchinson4.2 miles15
Cruppers Corner4.7 miles13
Partridge5.0 miles13
Adams Corner5.2 miles16
Elmer5.2 miles13
Darlow5.7 miles13
Hutchinson5.8 miles15
Yaggy6.2 miles16

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.