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Basehor, Kansas

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fairmount Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66007. The Survey maps it on the Basehor quadrangle. 6,896 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.

Basehor within Leavenworth County

Population over time

2 figures

Basehor grew from 4,613 to 6,896 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20104,613
20206,896+2,283 (+49%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

106 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Basehor between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,583 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking15
Debris and open burning14
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County175
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service23147
9 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service19532
22 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service5018340
14 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLeavenworth County521
14 August 2015Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service209
12 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresKansas Forest Service191
11 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service545

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leavenworth County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Basehor: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tobin Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Leavenworth County

Storms near this place

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Basehor in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 35 thunderstorm wind, 34 hail, 5 flash flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2008LightningBasehor1 hurtA 36 year old female was standing in the doorway of her home, when lightning struck nearby. She was transported to the hospital complaining of deafness.
March 2006HailBasehor$250,000Numerous roofs damaged.
March 2006HailBasehor$200,000Numerous roofs damaged.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindBasehor$100,000no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBasehor$40,000Two barns destroyed along with a metal garage...trees also downed.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBasehor$25,000A 20 inch diameter tree fell on a house.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindBasehor$7,000no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBasehor$2,000A power pole and a large tree was down at 182nd and Evans Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBasehor$2,000Thunderstorm winds were estimated up to 70 mph. Shingles were blown off several homes. A 14 inch diameter tree was snapped in half. A 10x10 feet metal shed was destroyed near 153rd and Briarwood.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindBasehor$2,000Roof damage to a house in Basehor was relayed by the county EM.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindBasehor$1,000Trees, limbs and power lines were downed by strong thunderstorm winds.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindBasehor$500Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. A small garage was reported blown down at 174th and State Line Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindBasehor$500Power outages were caused by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated up to 70 mph. Debris was reported in the power lines.
May 2025HailBasehor-Quarter sized hail reported in Basehor.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Downed wires near 156th Street in Basehor.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Downed wires and power outages near Dwyer Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Emergency management reported 65 mph wind gust near Basehor.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A tree was down on powerlines and 3 power poles were down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A motorist hit a down power line in the road near 153rd Terrace and Parallel Road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Public estimated 60 mph wind.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A ten inch tree was down at a residence near Basehor.
June 2019Flash FloodBasehor-Up to 1 foot of water was over the road at 155th Street and State Street.
June 2019Flash FloodBasehor-Over 2 feet of water was running over Parallel Road at 158th in Basehor.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Emergency management reported numerous 4 to 6 inch tree limbs down in Basehor.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A few power lines were down just east of Basehor.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A large 20 inch diameter tree of unknown condition was blown over at 166th St and Evans Road.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A trained spotter recorded a 60 mph wind gust.
April 2016Flash FloodBasehor-Water was reported over the road at 166th and Krieder Road in Basehor.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Wind gust of 60 mph was observed at a personal weather station.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A 20 diameter tree limb as well as one large tree downed near 166th Street and Evans Road south of Basehor.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Numerous tree limbs up to 6 in diameter were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A 12 inch thick tree branch was snapped off.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph, was estimated by the Emergency Manager.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A two to three foot diameter tree was blocking the road. Several tree limbs up to twelve inches in diameter were also down.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Basehor-Brief EF0 tornado touchdown on open country near 166th and Kansas Avenue at 1905CST. No damage reported.
April 2006Tornado (F0)Basehor-Tornado observed at 1920 CST near MP 220 on the Kansas Turnpike. Tornado intermittently on the ground...as it moved across open fields and crossed into Wyandotte County at 1925 CST 3 miles southeast of Basehor.
June 2005Flash FloodBasehor-Flash flooding reported near Little Stranger Creek.
August 2005Flash FloodBasehor-171st and County Road 8 closed due to high water.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Large trees up to one and a half feet in diameter down due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Emergency managers reported trees up to 8 inches in diameter downed.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBasehor-A tree 4 feet in diameter was downed.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindBasehor-Severe thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 MPH at the intersection of Highways 7 and 73 on the east side of Basehor.
March 1998HailBasehor-Police at Basehor reported golfball-size hail during a severe thunderstorm in Basehor. Elsewhere, Lansing Police reported dime-size hail during the same thunderstorm in Lansing.
May 2021HailBasehor-no account filed
May 2021HailBasehor-no account filed
May 2016HailBasehor-no account filed
October 2016HailBasehor-no account filed
August 2012HailBasehor-no account filed
June 2011HailBasehor-no account filed
July 2011HailBasehor-no account filed
April 2011HailBasehor-no account filed
April 2010HailBasehor-no account filed
May 2010HailBasehor-no account filed
May 2010HailBasehor-no account filed
May 2010HailBasehor-no account filed
September 2010HailBasehor-no account filed
May 2009HailBasehor-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindBasehor-no account filed
June 2008HailBasehor-no account filed
April 2008HailBasehor-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leavenworth 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
South Basehor0.9 miles35
Stone1.5 miles35
East Fairmount3.3 miles35
Fairmount3.5 miles35
Hoge3.7 miles35
Ettenson7.1 miles37
Hiatt7.1 miles37
Mahon7.2 miles36

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 BasehorAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2666687The 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 478554. 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.