Hobart, Kansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in West Plains Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67869. The Survey maps it on the Plains quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Plains quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Liberal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hobart between 2015 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 00PFD20 |
| 15 July 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18035 |
| 31 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18028 |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18021 |
| 17 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 11 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Meade County | 17007 |
| 14 November 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1801006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hobart in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobart | - | Mesonet site UP332 recorded a 67 mph wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobart | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobart | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hobart | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Hobart | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Hobart | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Hobart | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484530. 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.




