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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.

Farlington within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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

11 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service25
31 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Service17
17 March 2018Debris and open burning6.0 acresKansas Forest Service13
16 March 2016Debris and open burning600 acresKansas Forest Service016-061
29 February 2016Smoking100 acresKansas Forest Service016-038
27 December 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
24 November 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service7
11 November 2015Arson/incendiarism10 acresKansas Forest Service6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fox MineLead, ZincPast Producer1920, 1922
Robinson MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1920, 1922

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1994Thunderstorm WindFarlington$500,000Damaging 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 2021Thunderstorm WindFarlington$20,000Power lines were reported down that caused a fire at 680th Road and 130th Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFarlington$20,000Thunderstorm wind gusts destroyed a barn north of Girard.
February 2017Tornado (EF0)Farlington$10,000A 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 1998HailFarlington$5,000no account filed
February 2017Thunderstorm WindFarlington$1,000There was damage to a barn roof.
May 2025Heavy RainFarlington-Storm total rainfall of 2.78 inches, with 2.30 inches occurring within 70 minutes.
June 2025HailFarlington-Hail to the size of quarters fell north of Girard.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindFarlington-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 2013FloodFarlington-High water was flowing over the road on Highway 7.
September 2009Heavy RainFarlington-In 24 hours, 3.25 inches of rain was measured.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFarlington-The public reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph which downed a few trees along Englevale Road near state Highway 7.
June 2007Flash FloodFarlington-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 2006Tornado (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 2013HailFarlington-no account filed
March 2013HailFarlington-no account filed
May 2008HailFarlington-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindFarlington-no account filed
May 2004HailFarlington-no account filed
December 2003HailFarlington-no account filed
May 2003HailFarlington-no account filed
April 2001HailFarlington-no account filed
July 1995HailFarlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Englevale5.6 miles24
Cato5.8 miles24
Dry Wood6.7 miles24
Polk6.9 miles24
Girard7.4 miles22
Brazilton8.0 miles22
Hepler8.0 miles22
Ringo8.3 miles22

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 FarlingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5435453The 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.