Zeandale, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Zeandale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66502. The Survey maps it on the Saint George quadrangle. 62 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS St George quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. George quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Zeandale between 2002 and 2020, burning about 2,116 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18505 |
| 22 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pottawatomie County | 84 |
| 4 July 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176021 |
| 3 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176019 |
| 2 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176009 |
| 14 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Riley County | not named |
| 29 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176000 |
| 7 April 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18195 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zeandale: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Carter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zeandale in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 tornado, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeandale | 2 hurt, $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Zeandale | - | Report of ping pong ball size hail on Deep Creek Road south of Manhattan. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Zeandale | - | A storm chaser showed video of what appeared to be a brief funnel near the ground in open country north of Interstate 70. Any actual contact with the ground was brief and no damage was noted or reported. The feature lost its organization as it moved south over I-70. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zeandale | - | Estimated wind gust report. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Zeandale | - | Parts of K-18 is closed between Fairmont and Zeandale. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Zeandale | - | Law enforcement report of brief tornado in open area near river. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Zeandale | - | Water rushed across Zeandale Road at the intersection of Sandy Lane near Zeandale. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Zeandale | - | A car was swept off the road at Tabor Valley Road and Kaw Road. Water flowed over the road intersection out of the nearby farm fields. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Zeandale | - | Touchdown approximately 6 miles north of Exit 323 on I-70. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Zeandale | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Zeandale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pillsbury Crossing | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Fairmont | 6.6 miles | 27 | |
| Bluemont Hill | 7.4 miles | 27 | |
| Manhattan | 7.9 miles | 27 | |
| Sunset Park | 9.1 miles | 27 | |
| Rocky Ford | 10.2 miles | 27 | |
| Eureka Lake | 11.3 miles | 25 | |
| Ogden | 15.2 miles | 25 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Zeandale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8068204 | The 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 476415. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








