Hammond, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66701. The Survey maps it on the Hammond quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 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
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Hammond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Hammond between 2015 and 2020, burning about 739 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 17 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 260 |
| 2 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Bourbon County | 94 |
| 11 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 178 |
| 11 May 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 184 |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Bourbon County | 129 |
| 9 March 2018 | Smoking | 90 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 69 |
| 6 March 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammond in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Hammond | $500,000 | A storm survey conducted by the NWS Office in Pleasant Hill found an EF1 tornado began at the intersection of Highway 69 and Soldier Road, near Hammond, Kansas. Minor damage was noted near Hammond, with the most significant damage consisting of toppled over grain bins and several derailed empty train cars. Through the remainder of the Bourbon County path, several destroyed outbuildings were noted as well as significant tree damage. The tornado path continued into Linn County, Kansas. Maximum winds with the tornado in Bourbon County were estimated to be between 100 and 110 mph with a maximum width of 200 yards. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hammond | $5,000 | Hail to two inches in diameter occurred in Fort Scott, Kansas. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | Several large trees were reported down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | Several large tree limbs were downed by high winds. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | A local media station reported a 66mph wind gust. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 59mph. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hammond | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hammond | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Hammond | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Hammond | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hammond | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Barnesville | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Devon | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Scott | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Harding | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Marmaton | 9.9 miles | 20 | |
| Edward | 10.5 miles | 20 | |
| Berlin | 10.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 474572. 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.











