Jarbalo, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Alexandria Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66048. It stands on Jarbalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jarbalo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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 Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Jarbalo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Jarbalo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Jarbalo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Jarbalo between 2015 and 2020, burning about 1,141 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 86 |
| 17 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 261 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 364 |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 65 |
| 24 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 91 |
| 24 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 79 |
| 8 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 44 |
| 8 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 14 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
39 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jarbalo in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 20 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Jarbalo | $5,000 | A tornado touched down briefly at Jarbalo with reports of damage to trees and roof damage to barns. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | $3,000 | Large trees blown down. Windows blown out of house. Barn lifted off of foundation. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Measured gust of 52 knots (60 mph) east of Jarbolo. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Downed tree at intersection of High Prairie Road and 187th Street southwest of Leavenworth. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Downed wires near County Road 29 west of Lansing. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gust just west of Jarbalo. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Measured 77 mph wind gust just east of Jarbalo. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Measured 81 mph wind gust just east of Jarbalo. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | Quarter sized hail was reported just west of Jarbolo. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Jarbalo | - | Water was along the road at 219th and 211th Streets. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Estimated 60 mph winds just west of Jarbalo. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Estimated 60 mph winds across Leavenworth County with tree limbs downed. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph between McLouth and Jarbalo. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Estimated 60 mph winds across Leavenworth County with tree limbs downed. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Emergency management reported a measured 58 mph wind gust near Jarbalo, Kansas. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Emergency management reported 65 to 70 mph wind along with some pea sized hail and damage. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph, with numerous tree limbs reported down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | A large tree was reported blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarbalo | - | 3 foot diameter tree downed. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Jarbalo | - | 8 inches of water covered intersection of K92 and K32. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | One inch diameter hail was reported in a severe thunderstorm over Jarbalo. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | Severe thunderstorms dropped very large hail over Leavenworth County. The sheriff's office reported quarter-size hail near Jarbalo while 2 inch diameter hail was observed a mile west of Basehor. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Jarbalo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Hoge | 4.4 miles | 35 | |
| Springdale | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Tonganoxie | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Fairmount | 7.1 miles | 35 | |
| East Fairmount | 8.0 miles | 35 | |
| Basehor | 8.1 miles | 35 | |
| South Basehor | 8.6 miles | 35 |
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 Jarbalo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16892862 | 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 478541. 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.









