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Easton, Kansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Easton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66020. It stands on Dawson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Easton quadrangle. 213 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 906 feet above sea level.

Easton within Leavenworth County

Population over time

2 figures

Easton fell from 253 to 213 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.

YearPeople Change
2010253
2020213-40 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

52 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Easton between 2009 and 2018, burning about 2,716 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLeavenworth County908
21 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service71
12 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service54
29 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service48
7 May 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresLeavenworth County36
6 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service36
23 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service39
2 April 2015Smoking1.0 acresKansas Forest Service150039

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leavenworth County

Storms near this place

45 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Easton in 45 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 24 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 5 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
October 2005Flash FloodEaston$1,200,0008.5 inches of rain fell in the Easton area with flash flooding reported on city streets and roads entering and leaving town. 100 homes or businesses suffered damage with 35 having major damage. One home was destroyed. A nursing home with 40 residents had to be evacuated.
April 2006HailEaston$50,000no account filed
July 1994Thunderstorm WindEaston$50,000no account filed
April 2000HailEaston$25,000Hail up to golfball-size fell nearly continuously for 15 minutes. Numerous vehicles suffered hail damage, and exterior lighting fixtures were damaged.
August 2011HailEaston$10,000Hail up to the size of softballs were reported around Easton. Windows were broken out of homes, along with roof damage.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindEaston$7,000Siding blown off house. Gazebo attached to house torn off. Above ground pool with water blown over. Many tree limbs 12 to 18 inches in diameter snapped off.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindEaston-Large tree broke in half at K92 and Lecompton near Easton.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEaston-Large tree blocking K-92 Highway near Springdale.
June 2018Flash FloodEaston-Emergency management relayed that several roads north of Easton had water running over them, resulting in their closures.
August 2017FloodEaston-Numerous vehicles were running into roadways at 231st and Millwood, along Stranger Creek.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindEaston-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindEaston-Winds were estimated up to 65 mph,with 12 inch limbs and small trees reported down.
March 2008FloodEaston-The Stranger Creek at Easton crested at 17.99 feet, or 0.99 feet above flood stage.
September 2008Flash FloodEaston-A successful water rescue was conducted near Stranger Creek.
December 2007FloodEaston-The Stranger Creek near Easton crested at 18.65 feet, or 1.65 feet above flood stage.
October 2007FloodEaston-The Stranger Creek near Easton crested at 17.62 feet, or 0.62 feet above flood stage.
April 2006FloodEaston-The Stranger Creek at Easton crested at 19.70 feet, or 2.70 feet above flood stage.
June 2001Flash FloodEaston-Rainfall amounts from 4 to 10 inches fell across the area, resulting in flooding of numerous roads.
June 2001Flash FloodEaston-Numerous roads closed in county due to flooding...including roads leading into Easton.
April 2000HailEaston-Dime size hail was reported by an NWS co-op observer.
May 2016HailEaston-no account filed
October 2014HailEaston-no account filed
May 2011HailEaston-no account filed
May 2011HailEaston-no account filed
May 2011HailEaston-no account filed
September 2010HailEaston-no account filed
September 2010HailEaston-no account filed
October 2009HailEaston-no account filed
April 2009HailEaston-no account filed
May 2009HailEaston-no account filed
June 2006HailEaston-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindEaston-no account filed
June 2006HailEaston-no account filed
June 2006HailEaston-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindEaston-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindEaston-no account filed
April 2005HailEaston-no account filed
May 2005HailEaston-no account filed
June 2005HailEaston-no account filed
May 2004HailEaston-no account filed
May 2004HailEaston-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindEaston-no account filed
September 2002HailEaston-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindEaston-no account filed
June 1996HailEaston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leavenworth 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
Millwood2.7 miles26
Lowemont4.0 miles26
Springdale5.9 miles23
Kickapoo8.5 miles46
Five Points9.1 miles22
Jarbalo10.2 miles22
Leavenworth10.5 miles49
Xavier11.9 miles49

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 EastonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2048845The 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 478377. 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.