Elmont, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Soldier Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66618. The Survey maps it on the Elmont quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Elmont quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
152 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Elmont between 2015 and 2020, burning about 1,166 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 678 |
| 2 August 2018 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 675 |
| 10 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 12334 |
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 587 |
| 22 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee County | 535 |
| 19 July 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Shawnee County | 528 |
| 28 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 330 |
| 24 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 481 |
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 Elmont in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 17 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | $10,000 | At a residence south of Hoyt a metal roof was ripped off of an outbuilding. A hay barn made out of pole shed was destroyed, and a narrow corridor of cottonwood trees were also heavily damaged. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | $10,000 | At least 5 residences sustained minor damage from a microburst. Part of a roof was damaged and power linew sere down at 83rd and NW Topeka Boulevard. One home had an enclosed porch collapse, and several trees were damaged. |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Elmont | $5,000 | The intersection of 82nd and silver road is impassable due to high water over the road. |
| June 2004 | Lightning | Elmont | $2,000 | Lightning struck a house and started a fire that did some damage to a bathroom. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | $1,000 | Two to four inch diameter limbs were broken. A storage shed had a room and two sides damaged. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Tree limbs down, estimated 65 mph gusts. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Elmont | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Wind gust of 60 mph reported. No known damage. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Elmont | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Report of a fence blown over. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Elmont | - | Report from a spotter of 7 to 8 inches of water flowing across US Highway 24 near Meriden Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Four inch diameter tree limb down. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Several tree limbs up to 10 inch in diameter were down. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Elmont | - | Report from 46th and Button Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Outbuilding was destroyed along with a tree blown down (size unknown). |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Several large tree branches reported down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Tree limbs around 3 inches in diameter down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Tree limbs around 3 inches in diameter down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | Tree limbs around 6 inch in diameter down at NE 50th and Rochester. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Elmont | - | The intersection of Kincaid Road, Sherman Road, and 70th Street was closed due to water flowing across the road from Muddy Creek. |
| July 2009 | Flood | Elmont | - | Shawnee County sheriff closed the road at the 8200 block of Sherman and the intersection of NE 82 and Silver. Estimated around 4 inches of water was over the road. |
| August 2001 | Flood | Elmont | - | Heavy rains caused water to cover roads near Elmont for a time. |
| September 1993 | Hail | Elmont | - | A large well defined rotating wall cloud produced several funnel clouds as it moved southeast across the extreme northeast section of the county. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Elmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Elmont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menoken | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| North Topeka | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Kiro | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Oakland | 7.7 miles | 21 | |
| Topeka | 8.2 miles | 21 | |
| Grove | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Belmont | 8.9 miles | 21 | |
| Silver Lake | 9.3 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478465. 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.






