Beagle, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Mound Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66064. The Survey maps it on the Osawatomie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1887 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Osawatomie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Beagle between 2015 and 2018, burning about 541 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 181 |
| 5 May 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 133 |
| 1 May 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 127 |
| 5 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 133 |
| 4 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 97 |
| 29 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 136 |
| 28 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 121 |
| 28 April 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 135 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beagle in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beagle | $2,000 | Numerous trees and power lines blown down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Beagle | - | Quarter sized hail reported 4 miles west of Beagle. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beagle | - | Strong winds resulted in several power outages and doors to homes being blown in. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beagle | - | Major tree damage was reported near the town of Beagle. A police car was blown across the road while parked. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beagle | - | A wind gust to 60 mph was estimated by a trained spotter. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Beagle | - | State Highway 7 was closed near the Miami Linn county line. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Beagle | - | Dime-size hail was reported during a severe thunderstorm at Beagle. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beagle | - | The Miami County Sheriff's office reported a 65 MPH wind gust at Beagle during a severe thunderstorm. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Beagle | - | The same severe thunderstorm that produced the 65 MPH wind gust at Beagle also produced dime-size hail.. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Beagle | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Beagle | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Beagle | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 477619. 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.







