Earlton, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Canville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66720. The Survey maps it on the Earlton quadrangle. 60 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresEarlton grew from 55 to 60 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 55 | |
| 2020 | 60 | +5 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Iola quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Iola quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1904 USGS Iola quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Earlton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Earlton between 2015 and 2020, burning about 173 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 623 |
| 13 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018020 |
| 24 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Neosho County | 581 |
| 9 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Neosho County | 234 |
| 7 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Neosho County | 20 |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 244 |
| 29 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 257 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Earlton in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earlton | $100,000 | Thunderstorm winds up to 65 mph affected areas between roughly Earlton and St. Paul, including the community of Erie, during the late evening hours on the 19th. Corn stalks just east of Earlton were pushed over some, but likely still salvageable. Hay bales were blown around, and a few trees were downed. Additionally, about 3 miles south of Chanute on Elk Road, a wellhouse roof was ripped off and tree limbs were downed. Numerous trees were downed across the area. The Chanute Tribune and Erie Record contributed to this report. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Earlton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Lightning | Earlton | $25,000 | Lightning reportedly struck a grain bin just east of Earlton. Consequently, a fire erupted, engulfing and eventually destroying the bin. No one was injured. Damage amounts are rough estimates. The Chanute Tribune contributed to this report. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earlton | $10,000 | Power lines downed. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Earlton | $100 | Water was over Kansas Highway 47 between US highway 169 and US highway 59. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Earlton | - | A water rescue was reported by the Emergency Manager. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Earlton | - | Chase Rd. was flooded between 160th & 180th roads. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earlton | - | No damage was reported. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Earlton | - | Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches during the late evening hours on the 19th and early morning hours on the 20th caused flooding generally along and south of a line extending from Earlton to St. Paul. The flooding was rather widespread, but confined mainly to flood prone low-lying areas and low water crossings. However, it was reported that high water topped Highway 169 just west of Earlton. The Chanute Tribune also contributed to this report. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Earlton | - | A Brief tornado touched down in open country. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Earlton | - | Highway 169 flooded 6-8 inches deep. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earlton | - | 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 Earlton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1023002 | 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 475107. 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.











