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De Soto, 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 Kill Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Soto quadrangle.

De Soto 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

110 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of De Soto between 2001 and 2020, burning about 185 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning18
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism6
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
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2630093
28 August 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service2400166
10 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2220156
1 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresKansas State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service198
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKansas Forest Service191
30 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreJohnson County2110105

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

43 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Soto in 43 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 28 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2006HailDe Soto$100,000no account filed
March 2024HailDe Soto-Quarter size hail reported in De Soto.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-Trained spotter reported 68 mph wind.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-A large tree was uprooted near Lexington and Ottawa Ave in De Soto.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-Several trees were reported uprooted in De Soto.
August 2017Flash FloodDe Soto-There was standing and running water at several intersections in DeSoto.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-A trained spotter reported a 63 mph measured wind gust.
May 2016HailDe Soto-This report was received via social media.
May 2016HailDe Soto-Roof and window damage to city buildings was reported by the Emergency Manager. It is unknown to what extent or to what cost the damage caused.
May 2016HailDe Soto-This report was received via social media.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-This report was taken from a home weather station and was reported via Twitter.
November 2016Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-A 63 mph wind gust was measured by a weather station in DeSoto.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 72 mph.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-A thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph, was estimated along K-10, just west of Desoto.
July 2004Flash FloodDe Soto-Heavy rains in Desoto with one water rescue reported.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-Law enforcement officials estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-Amateur radio operators reported 70 mph wind gusts.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-A severe thunderstorm produced 70 MPH winds in De Soto.
September 1993HailDe Soto-Severe storms produced dime-size hail.
June 2018HailDe Soto-no account filed
May 2017HailDe Soto-no account filed
March 2017HailDe Soto-no account filed
September 2015HailDe Soto-no account filed
July 2015HailDe Soto-no account filed
July 2015HailDe Soto-no account filed
July 2015HailDe Soto-no account filed
May 2013HailDe Soto-no account filed
May 2012HailDe Soto-no account filed
June 2008HailDe Soto-no account filed
March 2006HailDe Soto-no account filed
March 2006HailDe Soto-no account filed
June 2003HailDe Soto-no account filed
May 2003HailDe Soto-no account filed
April 2002HailDe Soto-no account filed
April 2001HailDe Soto-no account filed
April 2001HailDe Soto-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-no account filed
June 2001HailDe Soto-no account filed
July 2001HailDe Soto-no account filed
June 2001HailDe Soto-no account filed
May 2000HailDe Soto-no account filed
September 2000HailDe Soto-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindDe Soto-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
Cedar1.8 miles22
Clearview City2.9 miles21
Frisbie5.0 miles36
Monticello6.7 miles26
Wilder6.8 miles38
Zarah7.9 miles38
Craig8.1 miles26
Prairie Center (historical)8.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 479178. 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.