Buckeye, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cheever Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67410. The Survey maps it on the Buckeye quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Buckeye quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Clay Center quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Buckeye between 2015 and 2017, burning about 114 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Dickinson County | 170005 |
| 24 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Clay County | 15 |
| 21 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Clay County | 14 |
| 19 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Clay County | 13 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Clay County | 12 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Clay County | 10 |
| 18 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Clay County | 5 |
| 17 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dickinson County | 2740 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Buckeye: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P.W. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
24 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buckeye in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 16 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2003 | Hail | Buckeye | $150,000 | Large hail damaged buildings and destroyed some crops in the Buckeye area. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | $500 | A trained spotter reported 60 mph winds, with doors to home blown in and a steel patio table overturned. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Buckeye | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Buckeye | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Buckeye | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Buckeye | - | Ping pong ball sized hail reported. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | Power out with numerous tree branches reported down. Time estimated from radar. |
| September 2020 | Hail | Buckeye | - | Nickel sized hail covering the ground about 18 miles south of Clay Center. Time estimated from radar. |
| September 2020 | Hail | Buckeye | - | Hail covering the ground. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Buckeye | - | The parent storm of the tornado that moved through Ottawa and Dickinson Counties formed another brief and weak tornado between Manchester and Industry. The only evidence of this tornado comes in the form of spotter and chaser reports, as survey teams did not locate any damage. The tornado dissipated over an open field near Industry. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | A large Oak tree was knocked down near Talmage. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | Tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter were broken. |
| April 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Buckeye | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buckeye | - | 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.
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 Buckeye | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4983049 | 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 484782. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





