Buck Creek, Kansas
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Rural Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66073. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Williamstown quadrangle.
On record in Buck Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Morris Harris Farmsteadlisted 2023 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1886 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Williamstown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Willliamstown quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Buck Creek between 2007 and 2020, burning about 468 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 181 |
| 22 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Douglas County | 6823 |
| 29 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18051 |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 201837 |
| 18 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County | 4675 |
| 10 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Douglas County | 4380 |
| 9 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Jefferson County | 63 |
| 6 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 141 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buck Creek in 17 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Buck Creek | $50,000 | Reported water flowing over Highway 24 east of the junction with highway 59. |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Buck Creek | $10,000 | The intersection of 13th and Wellman road is impassable from water up to a foot in depth. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buck Creek | $2,000 | Winds near 80 mph overturned a trailer near Buck Creek. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Buck Creek | - | Bridge closed due to flash flood damage. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buck Creek | - | Measured at mesonet station up091, 1.9 miles east of Williamstown (upr). |
| August 2019 | Hail | Buck Creek | - | Half dollar size hail stones. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buck Creek | - | A trained spotter in far southern Jefferson County reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| September 2010 | Hail | Buck Creek | - | One inch hail was reported near 21st Road and Union Road. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buck Creek | - | A 12 inch cottonwood tree limb broke off in strong winds associated with a thunderstorm complex near Williamstown. A travel trailer was also knocked off its blocks and turned in the driveway. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buck Creek | - | Several reports of damage were relaed by the Emergency Manager. Large trees were reportd down along Hwy 24. The roof was blown off a shed at 13th and Wildhorse. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Buck Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Buck Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Buck Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Buck Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Buck Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Buck Creek | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Buck Creek | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williamstown | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Perry | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| Medina | 7.6 miles | 24 | |
| Thompsonville | 8.9 miles | 24 | |
| Newman | 9.9 miles | 24 | |
| McLouth | 10.8 miles | 20 | |
| Lakeside Village | 11.4 miles | 22 | |
| Oskaloosa | 11.5 miles | 22 |
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 Buck Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17182796 | 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 484943. 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.









