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.
Population over time
2 figuresEaston 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 253 | |
| 2020 | 213 | -40 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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 Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Easton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Easton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Easton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 2009Regional 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 burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 908 |
| 21 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 71 |
| 12 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 54 |
| 29 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 48 |
| 7 May 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Leavenworth County | 36 |
| 6 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 36 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
| 2 April 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 150039 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
45 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2005 | Flash Flood | Easton | $1,200,000 | 8.5 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 2006 | Hail | Easton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Easton | $25,000 | Hail up to golfball-size fell nearly continuously for 15 minutes. Numerous vehicles suffered hail damage, and exterior lighting fixtures were damaged. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Easton | $10,000 | Hail up to the size of softballs were reported around Easton. Windows were broken out of homes, along with roof damage. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | $7,000 | Siding 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | Large tree broke in half at K92 and Lecompton near Easton. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | Large tree blocking K-92 Highway near Springdale. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Easton | - | Emergency management relayed that several roads north of Easton had water running over them, resulting in their closures. |
| August 2017 | Flood | Easton | - | Numerous vehicles were running into roadways at 231st and Millwood, along Stranger Creek. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | Winds were estimated up to 65 mph,with 12 inch limbs and small trees reported down. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Easton | - | The Stranger Creek at Easton crested at 17.99 feet, or 0.99 feet above flood stage. |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Easton | - | A successful water rescue was conducted near Stranger Creek. |
| December 2007 | Flood | Easton | - | The Stranger Creek near Easton crested at 18.65 feet, or 1.65 feet above flood stage. |
| October 2007 | Flood | Easton | - | The Stranger Creek near Easton crested at 17.62 feet, or 0.62 feet above flood stage. |
| April 2006 | Flood | Easton | - | The Stranger Creek at Easton crested at 19.70 feet, or 2.70 feet above flood stage. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Easton | - | Rainfall amounts from 4 to 10 inches fell across the area, resulting in flooding of numerous roads. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Easton | - | Numerous roads closed in county due to flooding...including roads leading into Easton. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Easton | - | Dime size hail was reported by an NWS co-op observer. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| October 2009 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Easton | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Easton | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Easton | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millwood | 2.7 miles | 26 | |
| Lowemont | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| Springdale | 5.9 miles | 23 | |
| Kickapoo | 8.5 miles | 46 | |
| Five Points | 9.1 miles | 22 | |
| Jarbalo | 10.2 miles | 22 | |
| Leavenworth | 10.5 miles | 49 | |
| Xavier | 11.9 miles | 49 |
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 Easton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2048845 | 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 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.









