Cedar, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in De Soto City. It lies in ZIP code area 66018. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Soto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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 Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
126 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Cedar between 2001 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2460114 |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2710174 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2630164 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2630093 |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2400166 |
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2250085 |
| 10 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2220156 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Cedar | $8,000 | A brief EFO tornado was reported at 1625CST, around 2 miles east of Desoto. Minor damage was reported to a residence near 83RD Street and Cedar Creek Road, with several large tree limbs snapped off as well. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar | $5,000 | A barn was reported to have blown over, near K10 Highway and Kill Creek Road. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Cedar | - | Mping report of 1 hail near De Soto. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar | - | A tree was reported down on a house near 83rd and Corliss in De Soto. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar | - | About 15 large trees were down across the De Soto area. Some trees were over 2 feet in diameter. A home weather station in De Soto measured 85 mph winds. This report was relayed via Johnson County Sheriff to the NWS. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar | - | Trees and power lines blown down. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Cedar | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cedar | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Cedar | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Cedar | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Cedar | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Soto | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Frisbie | 3.5 miles | 36 | |
| Clearview City | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Monticello | 5.0 miles | 26 | |
| Wilder | 5.6 miles | 38 | |
| Zarah | 6.2 miles | 38 | |
| Craig | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| Chouteau | 7.2 miles | 38 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484880. 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.








