BlockWomer, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pawnee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66952. The Survey maps it on the Cora quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Cora quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Smith Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Womer between 2017 and 2018, burning about 160 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Smith County | 2017026 |
| 23 February 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Smith County | 2017013 |
| 21 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2018049 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Womer in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Heavy Rain | Womer | $75,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Flood | Womer | $15,000 | Storm total rainfall accumulations of 2 to 4 inches were reported across the area. Water covered a few county roads and lowland flooding was also reported. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Womer | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Womer | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thornburg | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cora | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Reamsville | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bellaire | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lebanon | 14.0 miles | 12 | |
| Smith Center | 14.0 miles | 12 | |
| Athol | 18.2 miles | 12 | |
| Kensington | 22.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484585. 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.