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Buxton, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Duck Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66736. The Survey maps it on the Buxton quadrangle.

Buxton within Wilson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Buxton between 2015 and 2018, burning about 230 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
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
7 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service1500076
2 May 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreElk County17056
10 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresKansas Forest Service1500058
14 January 2018Debris and open burning170 acresKansas Forest Service1803

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilson County

Storms near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buxton in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 15 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
April 1994HailBuxton$50no account filed
April 1994HailBuxton$50no account filed
April 2024Tornado (EF2)Buxton-The damage was mainly to trees and outbuildings, but a two story home sustained roof damage when it was mostly torn off.
September 2016HailBuxton-Forty mph winds were also reported.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBuxton-A trained spotter estimated the gust.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBuxton-A trained spotter estimated the gust.
May 2013HailBuxton-Fifty mph winds were also reported.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindBuxton-Pea sized hail was also reported.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Buxton-Brief touchdown in open country.
May 2002Flash FloodBuxton-Numerous roads under water.
February 2000HailBuxton-One inch hail also reported by law enforcement at 2325 CST.
August 2024HailBuxton-no account filed
June 2011HailBuxton-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBuxton-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBuxton-no account filed
May 2008HailBuxton-no account filed
May 2008HailBuxton-no account filed
May 2008HailBuxton-no account filed
June 2007HailBuxton-no account filed
June 2004HailBuxton-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBuxton-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBuxton-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindBuxton-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindBuxton-no account filed
July 1997HailBuxton-no account filed
June 1996HailBuxton-no account filed
April 1994HailBuxton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wilson 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
Lafontaine5.2 miles16
Fredonia7.7 miles24
New Albany8.3 miles24
Neodesha12.9 miles17
Hilford12.9 miles17
Benedict Junction13.7 miles24
Buffville14.0 miles17
Altoona14.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484493. 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.