Eureka Lake, Kansas
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Manhattan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66502. It stands on Sevenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keats quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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 Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Keats quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Keats quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Keats quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Keats quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
98 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Eureka Lake between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,472 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Riley County | 1674 |
| 5 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 33 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18507 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1379 |
| 29 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1570 |
| 7 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1193 |
| 7 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1194 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18425 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1174 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka Lake in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Eureka Lake | $40,000 | Water running over roadways, vehicles were stranded. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Lake | - | Several 1-2 inch tree limbs broken. Pictures via social media, time estimated by radar. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Eureka Lake | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Lake | - | Measured on mesonet station. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Lake | - | Measured at ksu mesonet site. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Lake | - | Wind gusts measured at Kansas Mesonet site. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Eureka Lake | - | Report from social media. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka Lake | - | Gust was measured by ASOS. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Eureka Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Park | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| Manhattan | 4.2 miles | 27 | |
| Ogden | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Elm Hollow Corner | 4.7 miles | 25 | |
| Bluemont Hill | 5.1 miles | 27 | |
| Fairmont | 5.1 miles | 27 | |
| Keats | 6.2 miles | 25 | |
| Rocky Ford | 6.5 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484777. 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.












