Frontenac, Kansas
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Frontenac City. It lies in ZIP code area 66762. The Survey maps it on the Pittsburg quadrangle. 3,382 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 955 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFrontenac fell from 3,437 to 3,382 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,437 | |
| 2020 | 3,382 | -55 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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 Joplin quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
173 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Frontenac between 2015 and 2020, burning about 534 acres in total. None started naturally. 25 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 | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 730019 |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Crawford County | 1695 |
| 16 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crawford County | 128 |
| 16 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 90 |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 76 |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1339 |
| 5 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1095 |
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 Frontenac: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.S.Dickey Clay Plant | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
47 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Frontenac in 47 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 21 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 4 flash flood, 4 heavy rain. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | 3 hurt, $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind speeds in excess of 70 mph caused major tree damage in the community of Frotenac. Three injuries occurred as a large tree was blown down on a vehicle. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | $50,000 | Several power lines and poles were reported down. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | $30,000 | Several power poles were reported down randomly throughout Frontenac and other parts of eastern Crawford County. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | $25,000 | A large tree was reported to have fallen on a car on 31st Street. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | $20,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts damaged a few roofs and blew over trees and signs in the community of Frontenac. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | $8,000 | A few power lines were reported down in Frontenac. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | $5,000 | Sheet metal was blown off a barn roof. A firework tent collapsed near 29th and Broadway. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Frontenac | $2,000 | There were several inches of water over the roadway near Frontenac. There was a stalled vehicle in the flood water near Catalina and Kennedy. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | $2,000 | Small tree limbs and a few power lines were blown down. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | $1,000 | A tree was snapped and split in half. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | $1,000 | A power line was blown down at the intersection of Highway 69 and Leighton Street. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Frontenac | - | Numerous city streets were reported flooded. |
| June 2021 | Flood | Frontenac | - | Significant street flooding was reported. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | Winds were estimated in town. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | Large limbs were reported down and power outages occurred. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Frontenac | - | West McKay Street was closed due to flooding from Cow Creek. |
| July 2019 | Flood | Frontenac | - | Heavy rains caused several inches of water to impact multiple city roads. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Frontenac | - | The gauge at the fire station had a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.94 inches. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Frontenac | - | The 24 hour rainfall accumulation in Frontenac was 4.09 inches. The rain began on April 30th. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | A large tree was reported down on North Free Kings Highway east of Pittsburg. |
| December 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | A few large limbs were reported broken and down near town. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | A large tree limb was blown down at North Crawford in Frontenac. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Frontenac | - | Flash flooding was reported at the corner of McKahn and Crawford Street in Frontenac, Kansas. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | Frontenac | - | A storm total rainfall of 3.89 inches of rainfall was measured. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Frontenac | - | The public reported quarter size hail via Facebook. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | The public estimated wind gusts up to 65 mph. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | Large limbs around ten inches in diameter were blown down. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Frontenac | - | The public reported mostly pea sized hail with some nickel and penny sized hail mixed in. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Frontenac | - | Trained spotter reported one inch size hail. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | A storm spotter measured a winds gust using a hand held anemometer. No damage was reported in the grass and farm dominated location. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | A 60 mph wind gust occurred in a mainly rural area about a mile northeast of town. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Frontenac | - | Excessive rainfall flooded several streets in the city of Pittsburg. |
| September 2009 | Heavy Rain | Frontenac | - | A trained storm spotter measured 4.11 inches of rain. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| March 2015 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Frontenac | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Frontenac | - | 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 Frontenac | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2687658 | 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 469741. 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.












