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Alamota, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Alamota Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67839. The Survey maps it on the Alamota quadrangle.

Alamota within Lane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Alamota between 2016 and 2018, burning about 18,034 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
25 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2056
10 August 2017Natural19 acresLane County1341
6 March 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution18,000 acresLane County358
17 October 2016Debris and open burning15 acresKansas Forest Service2148
9 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service68

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Storms near this place

45 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alamota in 45 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 28 hail, 9 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAlamota$5,000The wind caused some roof damage and took down numerous two inch diameter tree limbs.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAlamota-Report of 93 mph wind gust.
May 2023Tornado (EF0)Alamota-Reported by Off duty NWS Employee.
October 2017HailAlamota-There was virtually no wind as the hail fell.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Alamota-This was a brief tornado.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Alamota-Another tornado observed from the cyclic supercell.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Alamota-This tornado was weak.
April 2015HailAlamota-The hail was nickel to quarter sized.
April 2015HailAlamota-The hail covered the ground.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Alamota-This tornado moved into Finney county at 5:53 PM CDT.
November 2015Tornado (EF0)Alamota-This tornado became large but it occurred over grassland. It moved into Ness County at 17:59.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindAlamota-Partial damage was done to a patio roof by the high wind.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Alamota-This tornado moved out of Hodgeman county and moved northwest before dissipating. This area is predominately grass land.
May 2008HailAlamota-Hail covered the ground.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Alamota-This was one of the first tornadoes of six that occurred this day. The tornado passed over open areas.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Alamota-The relatively short lived tornado did not strike anything.
February 2007FloodAlamota-Snow melt produced widespread flooding across the county. Many roads were covered with water and many county roads were destroyed by the flooding.
July 2007Heavy RainAlamota-Rainfall of 2.60 inches was reported.
April 2017HailAlamota-no account filed
April 2017HailAlamota-no account filed
May 2016HailAlamota-no account filed
May 2015HailAlamota-no account filed
June 2014HailAlamota-no account filed
July 2014HailAlamota-no account filed
May 2010HailAlamota-no account filed
April 2009HailAlamota-no account filed
September 2009HailAlamota-no account filed
May 2008HailAlamota-no account filed
May 2008HailAlamota-no account filed
May 2008HailAlamota-no account filed
May 2004HailAlamota-no account filed
June 2004HailAlamota-no account filed
June 2004HailAlamota-no account filed
August 2004HailAlamota-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindAlamota-no account filed
June 1999HailAlamota-no account filed
July 1999HailAlamota-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindAlamota-no account filed
June 1999HailAlamota-no account filed
July 1998HailAlamota-no account filed
July 1998HailAlamota-no account filed
May 1998HailAlamota-no account filed
July 1996HailAlamota-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindAlamota-no account filed
August 1996HailAlamota-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lane County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Dighton8.4 miles8
Shields12.8 miles8
Amy15.5 miles8
Healy18.9 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 471520. 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.