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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1887 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Parker quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
27 since 2016Regional 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 burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Linn County | 251 |
| 20 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 562 |
| 5 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 133 |
| 24 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 163 |
| 19 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 159 |
| 12 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 146 |
| 1 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Linn County | 133 |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Linn County | 95 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadmus | - | Social media report of a downed tree at a residence west of La Cygne. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Cadmus | - | Water was over the road along Kansas Highway 7 near Beagle. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Cadmus | - | Water was over the road just west of La Cygne. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadmus | - | Several trees and outbuildings were damaged and destroyed in areas near La Cygne. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadmus | - | 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadmus | - | 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 2007 | Flood | Cadmus | - | The Marais Des Cygnes River at Osawatomie crested at 30.86 feet, or 5.86 feet above flood stage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Goodrich | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| La Cygne | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Dunlay | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Farlinville | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Linn Valley | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Centerville | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Boicourt | 10.8 miles | 16 |
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 Cadmus | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17198974 | 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 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.







