Birmingham, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66436. The Survey maps it on the Holton 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 Holton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Birmingham between 2012 and 2020, burning about 503 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Jackson County | 313 |
| 7 August 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Horton Agency | 5 ECHO 20 |
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 323 |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 53 |
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 46 |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 35 |
| 24 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 41 |
| 23 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Jackson County | 41 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birmingham in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | $500 | A 12 inch limb was blown down from a live tree. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Birmingham | - | Photos from emergency manager of ping pong ball sized hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Birmingham | - | Report from mping. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | - | Tree knocked over a power line near 198th and R4. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | - | A tree knocked down a power line near 198th and R4. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Birmingham | - | A personal weather station recorded a wind gust to 59 mph. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Birmingham | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Birmingham | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Birmingham | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Birmingham | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Birmingham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denison | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Holton | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Mayetta | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Carbon (historical) | 6.5 miles | 18 | |
| Hoyt | 11.2 miles | 20 | |
| Circleville | 11.6 miles | 17 | |
| Whiting | 13.0 miles | 18 | |
| Netawaka | 13.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478202. 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.






