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Eudora, Kansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Eudora Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66025. It stands on Wakarusa River. The Survey maps it on the Eudora quadrangle. 6,408 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 833 feet above sea level.

Eudora within Douglas County

On record in Eudora

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Eudora grew from 6,136 to 6,408 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
20106,136
20206,408+272 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

89 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Eudora between 2015 and 2020, burning about 624 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks1

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
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2160006
4 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service337
4 July 2015Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service359
3 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service6590
14 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service111
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1250106
8 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service75

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eudora in 63 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 31 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 lightning. 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
June 1996LightningEudora$50,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindEudora$8,000Strong winds blew the roofs off of two houses. The roof of a nursing home was severely damaged.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindEudora$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph moved through the Eudora area producing only minor damage to roofs and trees.
May 2000LightningEudora$1,000Lightning struck a transformer and knocked out power to a Kwik Shop doing minor damage.
March 2026HailEudora-WFO EAX relayed report of nickel size hail in Eudora from an off-duty AOMC employee.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindEudora-Estimated 60 mph gusts.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEudora-Social media report of a large, two foot diameter tree uprooted. Winds estimated between 70 and 80 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEudora-Multiple trees blown down. Time estimated via radar.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEudora-Eudora AWOS recorded 78 mph gust.
June 2021Flash FloodEudora-The northbound lane of E2200 Road partially covered with water and ditches are full on both sides of the road.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindEudora-Delayed report of 60 mph wind gust.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindEudora-Large tree 1 foot in diameter snapped.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindEudora-Siding torn off a building. Time estimated based on radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEudora-Powerlines were reported down.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEudora-Estimated wind gust.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEudora-Picture of a 4-8 inch diameter tree limb down.
May 2019Flash FloodEudora-Multiple roadways are flooded.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEudora-Powerlines were reported down.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEudora-Estimated wind gust.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEudora-Delayed report received via twitter. Power lines appeared to be bent over and tree branches were snapped. The size of the branches is unknown.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEudora-Delayed report of a 6 inch diameter limb snapped.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindEudora-Powerlines reported down in Eudora.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindEudora-Tree damage including large limbs in Eudora.
July 2015Tornado (EF1)Eudora-Damage assessment survey found a path of sporadic tree damage extending approximately 6 miles along a line from Eudora to around 3 miles southwest of De Soto in Johnson County. This tornado did cross from Douglas County Kansas which is NWS Topeka's area into Johnson County Kansas which is NWS Kansas City's service area. EF1 tree damage was noted along the path. Width of damage estimated 250 yards maximum while majority of tornado damage path was more narrow on order of 50 to 100 yards.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindEudora-Wind gust measured on the southwest side of Eudora. No damage reported.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindEudora-Law enforcement reported a 60 mph wind gust in Eudora.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindEudora-A law enforcement officer reported trees down along E 2400 Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindEudora-Wind blew 2 to 3 inch tree limbs down.
September 2008Tornado (EF1)Eudora-The tornado touched down in a field and moved northeast damaging two residences and one farm. The tornado was on the ground for 1 minute and 26 seconds. The tornado produced EF-1 damage at both residences, at the first residence a garage and small barn were both destroyed. A cedar tree was snapped off at its base and a power pole was snapped off mid-way. At the second residence an outbuilding was destroyed. A large barn sustained significant roofing damage. A barn with a cinderblock wall was destroyed. There was damage to the outside of the residence, siding and shingle damage primairly. The tornado lifted over a field a short distance from the second residence.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindEudora-One and half foot diamter tree snapped. Power lines also reported to be down.
October 2007Flash FloodEudora-Law enforcement relayed a report that water was flowing over N. 1500 Road near E. 2000 Rd. A spotter in the town of Eudora reported 4.00 of rain so far on the 17th.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindEudora-Strong winds took trees and power lines down in Eudora.
May 2012HailEudora-no account filed
May 2012HailEudora-no account filed
May 2012HailEudora-no account filed
July 2012HailEudora-no account filed
July 2012HailEudora-no account filed
August 2012HailEudora-no account filed
August 2012HailEudora-no account filed
April 2011HailEudora-no account filed
April 2011HailEudora-no account filed
March 2011HailEudora-no account filed
April 2010HailEudora-no account filed
June 2010HailEudora-no account filed
June 2009HailEudora-no account filed
June 2009HailEudora-no account filed
June 2009HailEudora-no account filed
June 2009HailEudora-no account filed
May 2009HailEudora-no account filed
May 2009HailEudora-no account filed
March 2006HailEudora-no account filed
March 2006HailEudora-no account filed
April 2006HailEudora-no account filed
March 2003HailEudora-no account filed
March 2002HailEudora-no account filed
May 2002HailEudora-no account filed
April 2001HailEudora-no account filed
September 2000HailEudora-no account filed
September 2000HailEudora-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindEudora-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Douglas 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
Weaver2.1 miles21
Hesper3.3 miles21
Noria4.2 miles19
Bismark Grove6.6 miles19
Sibleyville6.6 miles19
Broken Arrow Park7.5 miles19
Lawrence7.5 miles19
Clearfield8.1 miles18

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 EudoraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q777733The 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 479162. 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.