Fairmount, Kansas
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Fairmount Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66048. The Survey maps it on the Basehor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 35 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.
- 1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1934 USGS Bonner Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Bonner Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Basehor quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Basehor quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Basehor quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Fairmount between 2015 and 2020, burning about 743 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 175 |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 23147 |
| 9 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19532 |
| 26 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 834 |
| 22 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 5018340 |
| 11 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 545 |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 657 |
| 28 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 734 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fairmount: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairmount in 18 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | $25,000 | Large trees were snapped off at ground level. A barn was destroyed at 155th Street and Fairmont Road. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | $2,000 | Play set was knocked over. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Fairmount | $500 | Heavy rains caused many roads to be covered in the Basehor area. A house reported 3 to 4 feet of water in it. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | Measured wind gust of 64 mph at a personal weather station west of Fairmount. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | There were some reports of 60 mph wind near Fairmont. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Fairmount | - | This report came from MPing. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | Power lines down across the area. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | Emergency Management reported 70 mph wind. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | Power pole down near Fairmount, Kansas. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Fairmount | - | Two feet of water was reported over Brandt Road east of 155th St. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. Two seventy feet tall trees were blown down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph, with several trees knocked down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | A two foot in diameter tree was blown over at 163rd and Fairmount Road. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fairmount | - | A thunderstorm wind gust was estimated to be 60 mph. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Fairmount | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Fairmount | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Fairmount | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Fairmount | 0.9 miles | 35 | |
| Hoge | 3.4 miles | 35 | |
| Basehor | 3.5 miles | 35 | |
| Hiatt | 4.3 miles | 37 | |
| South Basehor | 4.3 miles | 35 | |
| Lansing | 4.4 miles | 35 | |
| Stone | 4.5 miles | 35 | |
| Ettenson | 4.5 miles | 37 |
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 Fairmount | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15991445 | 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 478558. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.











