Garland, Kansas
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Drywood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66741. The Survey maps it on the Garland quadrangle. 31 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 869 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 26 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 Garland quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Garland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Garland quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Garland between 2012 and 2020, burning about 652 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kansas Counties | EAGLE ROAD |
| 22 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 015-028 |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 30815 |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 030815A |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 60 |
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 022215A |
| 11 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 31115 |
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 Garland: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garland in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | $10,000 | A power pole was snapped at its base, tree limbs up to 10 inches in diameter were downed, and a trailer home received minor roof damage. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Garland | $10,000 | Excessive rainfall caused widespread flash flooding of roads across the county. Several roads had sections that were washed out. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Garland | $5,000 | A bridge was reported washed out, one mile south of Garland near the intersection of 230th and Deer roads. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | $1,000 | Report of a large tree on the roadway. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | - | A tree was blown down. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Garland | - | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that a tornado touched down west of Garland and tracked across the Kansas and Missouri state line near Garland, eventually tracking to near Bronaugh Misosuri. This tornado caused weak intermittent damage to trees along its path. |
| September 2003 | Hail | Garland | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Garland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godfrey | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Edward | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Scott | 8.7 miles | 20 | |
| Pawnee Station | 9.2 miles | 22 | |
| Ronald | 10.5 miles | 20 | |
| Hollister | 11.5 miles | 20 | |
| Marmaton | 12.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hiattville | 13.2 miles | 22 |
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 Garland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5523399 | 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 475024. 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.















