Winkler, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66554. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Randolph quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Randolph quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Winkler between 2003 and 2020, burning about 568 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Riley County | 325 |
| 28 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Riley County | 260 |
| 29 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18402 |
| 11 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riley County | 175 |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18255 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18252 |
| 25 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Riley County | 154 |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 103 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winkler in 11 storm reports between 2012 and 2018: 7 hail, 4 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winkler | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winkler | - | Six inch diameter tree limb snapped. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winkler | - | Tree limbs up to 5 inches in diameter down. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Winkler | - | A COOP observer reported a 60 mph wind. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Winkler | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Winkler | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Winkler | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Winkler | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Winkler | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Winkler | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Winkler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Walsburg | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Lasita | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Leonardville | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Riley | 12.6 miles | 19 | |
| Bala | 13.4 miles | 19 | |
| Keats | 19.0 miles | 25 | |
| Elm Hollow Corner | 21.1 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484764. 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.








