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Severance Kansas Map

Explore Severance, Kansas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Severance, Kansas

How to Use This Severance, Kansas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Severance, Kansas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Kansas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Severance.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Severance
State	Kansas (KS)
County	Doniphan County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	39.767221
Longitude	-95.249975
Population	76
Density	209.6 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	66087
Area Code	913
County Seat	Troy
School District	Doniphan West Unified School District 111

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About Severance, Kansas

Severance is a locality in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 76. The population density is 209.6 people per km². Severance is located at 39.7672°N, 95.2500°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Severance is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 66087.

Severance marks a quiet intersection where the expansive, wheat-horizon plains of northeastern Kansas meet the persistent, rhythmic flow of the Wolf River. It lies 15.7 miles north-northwest of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 334°T), and is situated 16.3 miles east-southeast of Hiawatha. The land here stretches out in wide, rhythmic swells of earth, broken only by the occasional stand of cottonwoods that congregate along the banks of the Wolf River to catch the moisture in the cooling air. On clear days, the silhouette of Pigeon Ridge remains a distant, faint suggestion on the horizon, a smudge of charcoal against the pale sky. The quality of light during the late afternoon possesses a particular, heavy gold hue, casting long shadows across the fields that seem to amplify the stillness of the open prairie. Eight miles away, the waters of Brown County State Lake reflect the shifting clouds, providing a singular, quiet contrast to the dry, rustling stalks that define the immediate landscape surrounding Severance.

Severance maintains a character defined by the legacy of the nineteenth-century rail lines that once dictated the movement of grain and goods across these plains. The local economy persists as a reflection of the soil, grounded in the seasonal cycles of agriculture that dictate the pace of life and the movement of heavy machinery along narrow roads. While the echoes of early settlement remain in the weathered facades of the village, the community functions with a steady, pragmatic focus on the harvest and the maintenance of the land. Residents move with an awareness of the wind, which dictates the temperature and the texture of the day, often carrying the scent of damp earth or dry stubble through the streets. Life in Severance is an exercise in patience, defined by the slow, deliberate work of those who remain tethered to the rhythm of the seasons and the quiet persistence of the surrounding fields.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Brown State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 8.3 mi, 309° NW
Statue of Liberty (Public Artwork) — 8.6 mi, 081° E
Nelson Rogers Residence (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 081° E
Atchison State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area (State Recreation Area) — 9.6 mi, 158° S
Kansas Historical Marker - Troy (Attraction) — 10.6 mi, 080° E
Brown (Bob) Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.3 mi, 004° N
Riverbreaks Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 12.7 mi, 026° NE
HCC Art at the Barn (Arts Centre) — 13.1 mi, 294° NW
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 292° W
Govenor Morrill (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 292° W
Davis Memorial (Monument) — 15.2 mi, 292° W
The Lookout (Viewpoint) — 15.3 mi, 151° SE
Evah C. Cray Historical Home Museum (Museum) — 15.3 mi, 153° SE
Windmill Lane (Museum) — 15.4 mi, 291° W
Muchnic Gallery (Gallery) — 15.4 mi, 153° SE
Brown County Ag Museum (Museum) — 15.5 mi, 291° W
Riverfront Park (Local Park) — 15.6 mi, 152° SE
Historic Caretakers Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 15.6 mi, 248° W
Hiawatha Area Arts and Theater Society (Theatre) — 16.3 mi, 291° W
Brown County Historical Society and Museum (Museum) — 16.3 mi, 291° W
Frances Sewell Plamann History Center (Museum) — 16.4 mi, 291° W
Warnock Lake (Local Recreation) — 16.4 mi, 161° S
Leary Site (Historic Ruins) — 18.0 mi, 335° NW
Lewis And Clark State Park (State Park) — 18.7 mi, 147° SE
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 19.4 mi, 000° N · 15k acres
Fort Smtih (Historic Castle / Fort) — 20.6 mi, 089° E
Big Lake State Park (State Park) — 21.8 mi, 347° N
Farm Service Agency Interest Of Mo (National Wildlife Refuge) — 29.1 mi, 052° NE · 3,906 acres

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