Edgerton, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Edgerton City. It lies in ZIP code area 66021. It stands on Martin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edgerton quadrangle. 1,748 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.
On record in Edgerton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Lanesfield Schoollisted 1988- John McCarthy Houselisted 2000
Population over time
2 figuresEdgerton grew from 1,671 to 1,748 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 | 1,671 | |
| 2020 | 1,748 | +77 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1885 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Edgerton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Edgerton between 2007 and 2020, burning about 187 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Johnson County | 2550120 |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Johnson County | 2530128 |
| 29 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2410135 |
| 21 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 284 |
| 2 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2140128 |
| 9 July 2018 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1900094 |
| 5 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1860098 |
| 3 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1840195 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgerton in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 18 hail, 16 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Hail | Edgerton | $500,000 | Severe thunderstorms produced hail up to the size of baseballs and 60 knot winds throughout parts of western and southern Johnson County. Hail broke numerous windows and heavily damaged roofs and automobiles. Damage was also reported in Clare. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | $10,000 | A 40 foot by 80 foot barn was destroyed by a microburst near Edgerton. Nearby power poles were also heavily damaged and 8 to 10 inch tree limbs were also torn off of trees. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Edgerton | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | $3,000 | A 3 mile path of wind damage associated with strong straight line winds, or a downburst moved across the far southern portion of the county, from the Douglas county line west and southwest of Edgerton all the way to the Cass county (MO) line east of Stillwell. The damage was observed mainly along 199th street, with numerous trees broken or tipped leaning to the south. Trees were also downed in the Edgerton cemetery. A brief tornado was also attributed to this storm, crossing into the county west of Edgerton from Douglas county. (See additional entries for more information, and also see reports from Topeka - TOP.) |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | $2,000 | Severe thunderstorms downed several large tree limbs in Edgerton, and produced dime size hail in Stillwell, and nickel size hail in Stanley. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Edgerton | - | Quarter sized hail reported in Edgerton. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Edgerton | - | Golf ball sized hail in Edgerton. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Edgerton | - | Golf ball sized hail fell along Interstate 35 just south of Edgerton. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | Large tree downed in Edgerton. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | A semi tipped over on I-35 and 215th Street. And power poles were down at 207th and Braun in Edgerton. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | Public reported 60-70 mph wind. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | An estimated 60 mph wind was reported by a trained spotter. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | A trained spotter measured 58 mph winds. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | Several power lines were down on 183rd St just west of Edgerton Road. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 mph. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Edgerton | - | Areas near Gardner and Edgerton received 2 to 3 inches of rain, resulting in some intersections being closed-off. These intersections include: Waverly Road and 175th and Moonlight and Santa Fe in Gardner. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Edgerton | - | Johnson county law enforcement reported, that 159th Street from Evening Star Road west to the Douglas county line, was closed due to flash flooding. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | Emergency management officials reported 60 mph wind gusts along Interstate 35 near Edgerton. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | A HAM Radio Operator in Johnson County reported several 70 MPH wind gusts within a 20 minute period between 1755 and 1815 LST during a severe thunderstorm in Edgerton. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | Johnson County Emergency Management reported a 60 MPH wind gust along I-35 in Platte and a 65 MPH gust at Edgerton. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Edgerton | - | A 3 mile path of wind damage associated with strong straight line winds, or a downburst moved across the far southern portion of the county, from the Douglas county line west and southwest of Edgerton all the way to the Cass county (MO) line east of Stillwell. The damage was observed mainly along 199th street, with numerous trees broken or tipped leaning to the south. Trees were also downed in the Edgerton cemetery. A brief tornado was also attributed to this storm, crossing into the county west of Edgerton from Douglas county. (See additional entries for more information, and also see reports from Topeka - TOP.) |
| July 1995 | Hail | Edgerton | - | Dime-size hail was reported one miles south of Edgerton along Interstate and one inch hail in Olathe. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Edgerton | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Edgerton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Prairie Center (historical) | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Clare | 8.4 miles | 20 | |
| Spring Hill | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| Ocheltree | 10.2 miles | 20 | |
| Bonita | 10.7 miles | 20 | |
| Clearview City | 12.5 miles | 21 | |
| Olathe | 12.8 miles | 26 |
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 Edgerton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2654605 | 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 479534. 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.







