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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.

Hammond within Bourbon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

42 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined17
Smoking12
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
12 August 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service260
2 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
30 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBourbon County94
11 May 2018Debris and open burning15 acresKansas Forest Service178
11 May 2015Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service184
10 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreBourbon County129
9 March 2018Smoking90 acresKansas Forest Service69
6 March 2020Recreation and ceremony80 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bourbon County

Storms near this place

14 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2014Tornado (EF1)Hammond$500,000A 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 2025HailHammond$5,000Hail to two inches in diameter occurred in Fort Scott, Kansas.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHammond-Several large trees were reported down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHammond-Several large tree limbs were downed by high winds.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHammond-A local media station reported a 66mph wind gust.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindHammond-A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 59mph.
June 2011HailHammond-no account filed
May 2003HailHammond-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHammond-no account filed
July 2003HailHammond-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindHammond-no account filed
July 1997HailHammond-no account filed
June 1996HailHammond-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindHammond-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bourbon 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
Fulton5.3 miles15
Barnesville5.8 miles15
Devon6.6 miles20
Fort Scott6.6 miles20
Harding7.7 miles20
Marmaton9.9 miles20
Edward10.5 miles20
Berlin10.7 miles19

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.