Faulkner, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Neosho Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67336. The Survey maps it on the Chetopa quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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 Parsons quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Chetopa quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Faulkner between 2015 and 2020, burning about 82 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 215 |
| 2 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1800034 |
| 5 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1800022 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 133 |
| 6 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1600024 |
| 22 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 30 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Cherokee County | 1100022 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
27 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Faulkner in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 10 hail, 6 flash flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | Hail | Faulkner | $60,000 | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Faulkner | $50,000 | The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director estimated that nearly 30 roads were flooded and impassable due to heavy rainfall. This flooding was centered in the western third of the county. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Faulkner | $10,000 | NWS storm survey confirmed that an EF0 tornado tracked through the Faulkner area. Damage was limited to minor damage to the grain elevator and a nearby home. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkner | $3,000 | Several large limbs were reported down. Siding damage occurred to one house. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkner | $2,000 | Several trees were blown down on 90th Street between Faulkner and Melrose, Kansas. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Faulkner | - | Quarter sized hail along with 60 mph winds were reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Faulkner | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Faulkner | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkner | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph by law enforcement in the western portions of the county. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Faulkner | - | Several county roads surrounding Fly Creek were flooded. Several county roads near Sherman, West Mineral, and Weir were flooded. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Faulkner | - | Southwest 70th Street was flooded and impassable between Messer and Clem Roads. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkner | - | Large tree limbs up to 12 inches in diameter were snapped. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Faulkner | - | Several roads were flooded around Fly Creek. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Faulkner | - | Emergency management reported that Southwest 90th Street south of Hallowell was flooded due to heavy rainfall. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Faulkner | - | Southwest 90th Street between Beasley Road and Quaker Road was closed due to high water. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkner | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated to between 70 and 80 mph. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Faulkner | - | A water rescue was preformed at SW 90th Street near Fly Creek. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Faulkner | - | The emergency manager estimated a wind gust of 70 MPH. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Faulkner | - | Flooding continued from persistent rainfall across Cherokee County. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Faulkner | - | This tornado is a continuation of the Labette County tornado that tracked south of Chetopa. The tornado crossed into Cherokee County near Highway 166, and tracked to three miles south of Faulkner. Only minor damage to a few trees were observed from the storm survey. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Faulkner | - | A section of Southwest Brush Creek Road was closed down due to impassable flash flood water. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Faulkner | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Faulkner | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Faulkner | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Faulkner | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Faulkner | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Faulkner | - | 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 Faulkner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16891254 | 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 484435. 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.












