Bremen, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66412. The Survey maps it on the Hanover East quadrangle. 51 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,316 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hanover East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Blue Rapids quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bremen between 2015 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington County | 11 |
| 4 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
| 27 December 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 17 |
| 23 October 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
| 19 October 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 12 |
| 12 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
40 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bremen in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 27 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Bremen | $15,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | $5,000 | High winds knocked down trees and caused power outages with minor roof damage to some buildings. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Bremen | - | Half dollar sized hail reported. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Bremen | - | Ping pong ball sized hail reported. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Bremen | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Report of tree limbs down and bent quonset doors and mounts/hinges. Times estimated based on radar. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Two miles west of Highway 77 and State Line, 2 to 3 sheds have been completely blown down. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bremen | - | Five inch diameter hail measured. Report based on photo evidence via social media. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Bremen | - | Flooding at several locations along Cherokee rd from 6th west to the Washington county line. Flooding was also occurring along 4th and 5th roads. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Bremen | - | Multiple road closers due to flooding across the entire county. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Bremen | - | Water has been reported running over Granite rd. A barricade has been put up to stop traffic from driving through the flooded road. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | Reports of power lines down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | A trained spotter reported 60 mph winds. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Bremen | - | The tornado tracked out of Washington County and into Marshall county near 1st road and Cherokee road with several tree branches damaged along the remainder of its path. The final damage was noted 5.5 miles northeast of Bremen, near the intersection of Cherokee and 6th road around 1336 LST. The damage indicators were consistent with an ef-0 rating while in Marshall County with an estimated path width of 50 yards. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bremen | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Bremen | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermansberg | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Herkimer | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lone Elm | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Marysville | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Marietta | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Shroyer | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Oketo | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Alcove Spring | 11.3 miles | 15 |
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 Bremen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4960510 | 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 472665. 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.






