Dillon, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Hope Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67451. It stands on East Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elmo quadrangle. It stands 1,299 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1889 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Elmo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Dillon between 2015 and 2018, burning about 211 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Dickinson County | 22 |
| 2 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19 |
| 5 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 9 |
| 19 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Dickinson County | 13 |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 11 |
| 10 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 10 |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19 |
| 8 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 9 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dillon in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 8 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dillon | - | Measured on a personal weather station. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Dillon | - | Quarter sized hail reported via social media photo. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Dillon | - | Storm chaser video showed a small dust whirl under a funnel cloud. The debris whirl didn't last long while the parent funnel continued on to the northeast. Based upon the video of the debris near the ground it appears a weak tornado was on the ground for a short period in this location. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Dillon | - | Nickel size hail was reported by a trained spotter. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Dillon | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Dillon | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Dillon | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Dillon | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Dillon | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Dillon | - | 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 Dillon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5276913 | 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 484800. 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.






