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Clinton, Kansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Clinton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66047. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clinton quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.

Clinton within Douglas County

On record in Clinton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

61 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Clinton between 2015 and 2020, burning about 1,051 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism5
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
15 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresKansas Forest Service150083
11 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Service18059
7 July 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service707181
25 July 2018Debris and open burning50 acresKansas Forest Service18054
10 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKansas Forest Service710182
27 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreDouglas County17059
20 June 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service620151
8 May 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreDouglas County4295

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

45 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clinton in 45 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 22 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
May 1999Thunderstorm WindClinton2 hurt, $5,000Strong winds damaged 7 trailers and injured 2 people at Clinton Lake Park.
May 2008Tornado (EF2)Clinton$260,000The tornado demolished and removed a garage and two-thirds of an unoccupied house from it's foundation just after touching down. Debris from the house and the garage was strewn across a nearby field for approximately 500 yards. A metal outbuilding was destroyed near the end of the tornado path. Between these two points, moderate tree damage was noted.
August 2019Flash FloodClinton$100,000Several homes surrounded by water due to flooding rains and back up of creek leading to Wakarusa river. Water at least one foot deep perhaps more.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindClinton$5,000The ASOS at Lawrence Municipal Airport reported a 58 mph wind gust, while a member of the public measured a 68 mph wind gust in Lawrence. Large trees and power lines were damaged within Lawrence.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindClinton$1,000Strong winds took some shingles off of a roof.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindClinton-Power lines were downed.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindClinton-Power line down in Clinton. Time estimated by radar.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindClinton-Large, healthy tree down. Picture via X/Twitter.
June 2021HailClinton-Relayed by emergency manager.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindClinton-Estimated wind gust report.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindClinton-Estimated wind gust.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindClinton-Several shingles were blown off an apartment complex at 27th and Wakarusa.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindClinton-Several shingles blown off an apartment complex at 27th and Wakarusa.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindClinton-Wind gusts estimated. Widespread damage to large trees on the west side of Lawrence. Wind speeds in excess of 90 mph in isolated locations.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindClinton-One large, approximately 12 inches in diameter, tree blown down. Extrememly heavy rain at the time of the report.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindClinton-Several two to three inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
June 2008HailClinton-Several reports of hail from the size of pennies to quarters were received. Notably, hail the size of quarters fell on campers at the Wakarusa Music Festival at Clinton Lake State Park just southwest of Lawrence.
March 2007Tornado (EF0)Clinton-One home was damaged by the tornado. Two large cedar trees snapped and fell onto the home. The garage door on the south side of the home failed, and the roof over the garage was lifted off the home. Additional tree damage was observed as the tornado moved northward. |The tornado was on the ground for about 2 miles and averaged 30 yards wide. The tornado was rated EF0 and was generated by a supercell thunderstorm.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindClinton-6 inch tree limbs reported down at Clinton Lake.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindClinton-Several windows blown out of homes and some small trees snapped.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindClinton-Ten inch diameter tree limbs were blown off trees.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed
September 2019HailClinton-no account filed
June 2018HailClinton-no account filed
September 2015HailClinton-no account filed
September 2015HailClinton-no account filed
April 2011HailClinton-no account filed
April 2010HailClinton-no account filed
April 2009HailClinton-no account filed
April 2008HailClinton-no account filed
July 2008HailClinton-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed
June 2005HailClinton-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed
June 2005HailClinton-no account filed
September 2005HailClinton-no account filed
August 2004HailClinton-no account filed
April 2003HailClinton-no account filed
April 2000HailClinton-no account filed
September 2000HailClinton-no account filed
September 2000HailClinton-no account filed
September 2000HailClinton-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindClinton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Lone Star3.6 miles18
Kanwaka4.3 miles21
Stull5.4 miles20
Pleasant Grove7.5 miles18
Broken Arrow Park8.1 miles19
Big Springs8.6 miles24
Globe8.9 miles17
Lecompton9.2 miles24

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 ClintonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5134026The 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 479107. 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.