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Wilroads, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Enterprise Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67801. The Survey maps it on the Fort Dodge quadrangle.

Wilroads within Ford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

20 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Wilroads between 2015 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFord County1170285
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service1150150
4 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFord County1170257
3 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFord County1170256
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresKansas Forest Service1150107
28 July 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service18170
11 June 2020Natural2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ford County

Storms near this place

33 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilroads in 33 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 20 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 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 2018Thunderstorm WindWilroads$50,000A center pivot irrigation sprinkler was overturned by the high wind.
June 2024Flash FloodWilroads-Water over the road at saddle road and Road 116.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWilroads-Semi blown over on highway 400 on mm 130.
May 2017FloodWilroads-Water was over 117 and Saddle roads.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Wilroads-This landspout moved southwest and developed as the first was dissipating.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindWilroads-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWilroads-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2013Heavy RainWilroads-Rainfall of 3.90 inches was reported.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindWilroads-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Wilroads-This brief landspout was observed underneath a rapidly developing thunderstorm.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWilroads-The officer reported that his care was nearly blown off the road by the high winds.
April 2008HailWilroads-The hail lasted for four minutes.
July 2007Heavy RainWilroads-Rainfall of 4.50 inches was reported and it was still raining at the report time.
May 2018HailWilroads-no account filed
May 2018HailWilroads-no account filed
May 2018HailWilroads-no account filed
May 2017FloodWilroads-no account filed
May 2017HailWilroads-no account filed
June 2017HailWilroads-no account filed
June 2013HailWilroads-no account filed
June 2013HailWilroads-no account filed
June 2013HailWilroads-no account filed
June 2013HailWilroads-no account filed
June 2013HailWilroads-no account filed
August 2012HailWilroads-no account filed
September 2012HailWilroads-no account filed
August 2012HailWilroads-no account filed
April 2010HailWilroads-no account filed
June 2009HailWilroads-no account filed
May 2008HailWilroads-no account filed
May 2008HailWilroads-no account filed
May 2008HailWilroads-no account filed
September 2008HailWilroads-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ford 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
Wilroads Gardens2.6 miles14
Fort Dodge3.0 miles14
Happy Homes Park5.3 miles14
Wright5.4 miles13
South Dodge7.2 miles14
Dodge City7.4 miles14
Ford8.7 miles14
Sears12.0 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122594455The 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 484659. 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.