Arrington, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Kapioma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66436. It stands on Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Arrington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Topeka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Arrington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Arrington between 2015 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 48 |
| 22 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
| 14 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2018035 |
| 29 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 17 |
| 27 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
| 26 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018022 |
| 18 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Atchison County | 2017017 |
| 16 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Atchison County | 2017014 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arrington in 9 storm reports between 1993 and 2013: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Tornado (F2) | Arrington | $500,000 | The tornado formed west of Arrington near Highway K116 moved north along the Delware River bottom crossing the river 0.5 miles west of Muscotah, then moved northeast through open country before dissipating five miles west of Huron near the county lake. The Tornado was not on the ground continuously but bounced up and down leaving many areas undamaged. At least four farmsteads sustained significant damage along with many trees and numerous power poles and cable. No injures or deaths were reported. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arrington | - | Severe thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 MPH at Arrington. Strong winds from the same severe thunderstorm damaged the roof of a building in Muscotah. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Arrington | - | Dime-size hail was reported near Arrington. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Arrington | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Arrington | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Arrington | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Arrington | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arrington | - | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Hail | Arrington | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larkinburg | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Muscotah | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Effingham | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Monrovia | 10.9 miles | 20 | |
| Farmington | 12.6 miles | 20 | |
| Kennekuk | 12.7 miles | 20 | |
| Lancaster | 14.5 miles | 20 | |
| Cummings | 15.3 miles | 21 |
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 Arrington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17182594 | 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 478219. 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.






