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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.

Cedar within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

126 since 2001

Regional 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/undetermined69
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2460114
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2710174
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2630164
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2630093
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service2400166
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2250085
10 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2220156

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

14 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2008Tornado (EF0)Cedar$8,000A 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 2010Thunderstorm WindCedar$5,000A barn was reported to have blown over, near K10 Highway and Kill Creek Road.
March 2026HailCedar-Mping report of 1 hail near De Soto.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindCedar-A tree was reported down on a house near 83rd and Corliss in De Soto.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCedar-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 2014Thunderstorm WindCedar-Trees and power lines blown down.
May 2022HailCedar-no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindCedar-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindCedar-no account filed
May 2010HailCedar-no account filed
May 2010HailCedar-no account filed
May 2008HailCedar-no account filed
June 2008HailCedar-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCedar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
De Soto1.8 miles22
Frisbie3.5 miles36
Clearview City4.3 miles21
Monticello5.0 miles26
Wilder5.6 miles38
Zarah6.2 miles38
Craig6.3 miles26
Chouteau7.2 miles38

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.