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Cadmus, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66026. The Survey maps it on the Parker quadrangle.

Cadmus within Linn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

27 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Cadmus between 2016 and 2018, burning about 290 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Smoking1

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
27 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLinn County251
20 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service562
5 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service133
24 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Service163
19 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service159
12 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service146
1 April 2017Debris and open burning20 acresLinn County133
8 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLinn County95

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Storms near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadmus in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCadmus-Social media report of a downed tree at a residence west of La Cygne.
April 2019FloodCadmus-Water was over the road along Kansas Highway 7 near Beagle.
April 2019FloodCadmus-Water was over the road just west of La Cygne.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCadmus-Several trees and outbuildings were damaged and destroyed in areas near La Cygne.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCadmus-A building was damaged near Parker. The size and condition of the building is unknown, but several surrounding reports suggest widespread wind damage caused by 60-70 mph winds.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCadmus-Several power lines and trees were blown down near the intersection of Highway 7 and Highway 152 west of LaCygne. There was also minor damage to a barn.
May 2007FloodCadmus-The Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie crested at 30.86 feet, or 5.86 feet above flood stage.

Every storm recorded in Linn 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
Parker5.0 miles14
Goodrich6.5 miles14
La Cygne7.3 miles16
Dunlay8.0 miles14
Farlinville8.1 miles15
Linn Valley10.3 miles15
Centerville10.5 miles17
Boicourt10.8 miles16

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 CadmusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17198974The 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 477682. 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.