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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.

Beagle within Miami County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

62 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning21
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service181
5 May 2018Smoking1.0 acresKansas Forest Service133
1 May 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service127
5 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service133
4 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service97
29 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service136
28 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service121
28 April 2015Smoking5.0 acresKansas Forest Service135

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami County

Storms near this place

12 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2005Thunderstorm WindBeagle$2,000Numerous trees and power lines blown down.
April 2025HailBeagle-Quarter sized hail reported 4 miles west of Beagle.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBeagle-Strong winds resulted in several power outages and doors to homes being blown in.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBeagle-Major tree damage was reported near the town of Beagle. A police car was blown across the road while parked.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBeagle-A wind gust to 60 mph was estimated by a trained spotter.
June 2007Flash FloodBeagle-State Highway 7 was closed near the Miami Linn county line.
April 1998HailBeagle-Dime-size hail was reported during a severe thunderstorm at Beagle.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBeagle-The Miami County Sheriff's office reported a 65 MPH wind gust at Beagle during a severe thunderstorm.
May 1998HailBeagle-The same severe thunderstorm that produced the 65 MPH wind gust at Beagle also produced dime-size hail..
May 2020HailBeagle-no account filed
May 2019HailBeagle-no account filed
April 2011HailBeagle-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami 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
Osawatomie5.5 miles15
Fontana6.2 miles15
O'Brien7.6 miles17
Henson7.7 miles17
Ringer8.4 miles17
Block9.8 miles17
Stanton10.1 miles17
Paola11.4 miles17

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.