BlockStanton County, Kansas
32 topographic sheets cover 5 settlements here.
What the record shows
- 71 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
- The Geographic Names Information System records 5 populated places in this county; 5 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
Wildfire, 2008 to 2020
9 firesEvery wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 9 of them, burning about 42,230 acres. 2 started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40,000 acres | Kansas Counties | STANTON COUNTY |
| 30 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,747 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | ROSITA |
| 11 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Kansas Counties | ROAD V |
| 26 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3 |
| 18 July 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 23 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 14 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1 |
| 15 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
Storms, 1951 to 2025
60 of 601 shownThe NOAA Storm Events Database holds 601 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 3 injuries and about $505,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hail | 392 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 139 |
| Tornado | 27 |
| Heavy Rain | 19 |
| Flash Flood | 13 |
| Flood | 6 |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 |
| Lightning | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Lightning | Manter | 3 hurt | Three were injured by a lightning bolt. One was a 70 year old male, another a 8 year old male and the third, a 5 year old female. All three had to be revived by CPR and all three were burned. Witnesses said they heard thunder only a couple of times but saw no lightning. |
| June 1990 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | $52,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | $50,000 | Pivot irrigation sprinkler overturned. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | $40,000 | no account filed |
| June 1978 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 1972 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1970 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1967 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Saunders | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | $4,000 | Power lines blown down |
| May 1951 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500 | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | $1,500 | Windows were blown out of a van and stop signs were blown down. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Ulysses | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | Multiple public reports of 2 inch hail in and around Manter between 15:28-15:42. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | AWOS station KJHN Johnson City recorded a 60 mph wind gust. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | A storm chaser reported 1 inch hail. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | A storm chaser reported 1.5 inch hail via social media in Johnson City. Another public report via social of 1 inch hail occurred a few minutes later also in Johnson City. |
| May 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Manter | - | Numerous storm chaser photos and videos showing a possible funnel cloud of non mesocyclone origin. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | An estimated 1.75 inch hail report from social media. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | The emergency manager reported 3 inch hail at location 2 (outside of Manter) and 1 inch hail a couple minutes prior at location 1. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | Pictures of golf ball sized hail via social media. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | Pictures of 2 inch measured hail via social media. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Stanton Co Arpt | - | Multiple public reports of 0.75-1 inch hail over the course of a few minutes. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Big Bow | - | The emergency manager reported 1.75 inch hail. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Big Bow | - | Emergency manager reported 1 inch hail. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Johnson | - | Off-duty NWS employee reported a tornado with a photo. Shortly after, multiple storm chasers corroborated the report with more reports and pictures of the tornado. It was a very brief tornado with no damage. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Manter | - | Spotter reported flooding including multiple roads with water moving over them. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | A public report of 2.75 inch hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | A member of the public reported 4 inch hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Stanton Co Arpt | - | A public report of 1.75 inch hail. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | The emergency manager reported 1 inch hail. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | The emergency manager reported a 68 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | AWOS station KJHN Johnson City reported a 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | The emergency manager reported street flooding and flooding of low lying areas in Johnson City and rural areas just outside of town due to multiple rounds of heavy rain. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Manter | - | A Stanton Emergency Manager reported 3 inch hail. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | Emergency Manager reported water covering the roads in the low lying areas between Johnson and Manter. Again confirmed the continuing report 25 minutes later. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Measured by the AWOS station at Johnson City. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Measured by the AWOS station at Johnson City. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Measured by the AWOS at Airport. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stanton Co Arpt | - | Public reported up to 6 inch tree limbs broken. Time estimated via radar. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Stanton Co Arpt | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | The KJHN reported wind gust 94 mph. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | Multiple electrical poles broken and down. Report via social media. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Three inch tree limbs broken. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Three inch diameter branches down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Measured at Johnson City Airport. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | One inch tree limbs broken. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Stanton Co Arpt | - | Storm report came via spotternetwork. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Big Bow | - | The storm report came via the Spotternetwork. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Stanton Co Arpt | - | A landspout was observed over an open field. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | Severe street flooding was reported. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Johnson | - | This was a brief landspout tornado. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Stanton Co Arpt | - | Rainfall of 2.28 inches was observed. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Manter | - | Rainfall of 3.50 inches was observed. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Johnson | - | The hail ranged from pea to ping ball sized. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Manter | - | Winds were strong enough to damage a pop-up camper but were probably no stronger than 70 MPH. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | A couple of trees were broken or uprooted. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
Every populated place in the county
5Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Provenance
- Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
- Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
- Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
- 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.