Farlington, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66734. The Survey maps it on the Girard quadrangle. 68 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,004 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1884 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Ft Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Girard quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Girard quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Girard quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Farlington between 2015 and 2020, burning about 756 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
| 31 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 17 |
| 17 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 13 |
| 16 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 600 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 016-061 |
| 29 February 2016 | Smoking | 100 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 016-038 |
| 27 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 24 November 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
| 11 November 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Farlington: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1920, 1922 | |
| Robinson Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1920, 1922 |
Storms near this place
23 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farlington in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farlington | $500,000 | Damaging winds moved through the county, but the northeast received the worst. The Farlington area had the most severe damage. A barn was destroyed, a bale of hay was tossed about, a board was thrown through a truck window and trees were uprooted. Corn fields across the area sustained heavy damage. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farlington | $20,000 | Power lines were reported down that caused a fire at 680th Road and 130th Road. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farlington | $20,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a barn north of Girard. |
| February 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Farlington | $10,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey indicated that an EF-0 tornado briefly touched down just north-northeast of Farlington on the west side of Farlington Lake along West Lake Road. Two carports were destroyed and there was damage to two homes. A tree was blown down. Estimated peak wind speed was 75 mph. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Farlington | $5,000 | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farlington | $1,000 | There was damage to a barn roof. |
| May 2025 | Heavy Rain | Farlington | - | Storm total rainfall of 2.78 inches, with 2.30 inches occurring within 70 minutes. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Farlington | - | Hail to the size of quarters fell north of Girard. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farlington | - | A worker from the COOP site on the campus of Pittsburg State University reported numerous 4 inch limbs down across the area with some power outages. This was a delayed report. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Farlington | - | High water was flowing over the road on Highway 7. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Farlington | - | In 24 hours, 3.25 inches of rain was measured. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farlington | - | The public reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph which downed a few trees along Englevale Road near state Highway 7. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Farlington | - | Excessive rainfall caused flooding across sections of Crawford County. The intersection of 680 Avenue and Walnut in Farlington became impassable to motorists. Numerous streets in the city of Pittsburg also became flooded. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Farlington | - | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a weak tornado briefly touched down in a rural section of northern Crawford County. The tornado damaged a few trees. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Farlington | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Farlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Farlington | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Farlington | - | no account filed |
| December 2003 | Hail | Farlington | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Farlington | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Farlington | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Farlington | - | 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.
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 Farlington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5435453 | 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 475139. 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.













