Cleveland, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67068. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. It stands 1,634 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Cleveland between 2015 and 2020, burning about 186 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kingman County | 17008 |
| 24 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1386 |
| 13 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kingman County | 1460 |
| 13 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1366 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kingman County | 1454 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Kingman County | 1455 |
| 12 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1360 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cleveland in 23 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $40,000 | Center pivot irrigation system was overturned. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | $5,000 | Downed limbs and power lines. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Cleveland | $5,000 | A strong thunderstorm dropped golf ball-size and larger hail in several locations across Reno and Kingman counties. It also dropped two brief, weak tornadoes. The first twister touched ground, but caused no damage just east of Turon. The second caused minor damage to a home at Cleveland. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | The spotter also reported pea sized hail. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Cleveland | - | Delayed report shared via KAKE News on Facebook. The hailstone appeared to be close to 3.75 inches in diameter. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Trained spotter reported rain blowing horizontally with visibility reduced to about 30ft. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Lasted for about 10 minutes. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Cleveland | - | The trained spotter also reported 60 to 70 mph winds that occurred around 20 minutes. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | The estimated winds ranged from 60 to 70 mph and occurred for around 20 minutes. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Cleveland | - | The tornado moved over open country. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | A trained spotter reported the wind gust. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cleveland | - | 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.
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 Cleveland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5132028 | 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 482725. 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.





