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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.

Jarbalo within Leavenworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

52 since 2015

Regional 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
11 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLeavenworth County86
17 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County261
7 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service364
5 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service65
24 April 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service91
24 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLeavenworth County79
8 March 2015Debris and open burning30 acresKansas Forest Service44
8 March 2015Equipment and vehicle use30 acresKansas Forest Service14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leavenworth County

Storms near this place

39 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1993Tornado (F0)Jarbalo$5,000A tornado touched down briefly at Jarbalo with reports of damage to trees and roof damage to barns.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindJarbalo$3,000Large trees blown down. Windows blown out of house. Barn lifted off of foundation.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Measured gust of 52 knots (60 mph) east of Jarbolo.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Downed tree at intersection of High Prairie Road and 187th Street southwest of Leavenworth.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Downed wires near County Road 29 west of Lansing.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Estimated 60 mph wind gust just west of Jarbalo.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Measured 77 mph wind gust just east of Jarbalo.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Measured 81 mph wind gust just east of Jarbalo.
May 2024HailJarbalo-Quarter sized hail was reported just west of Jarbolo.
May 2023Flash FloodJarbalo-Water was along the road at 219th and 211th Streets.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Estimated 60 mph winds just west of Jarbalo.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Estimated 60 mph winds across Leavenworth County with tree limbs downed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph between McLouth and Jarbalo.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Estimated 60 mph winds across Leavenworth County with tree limbs downed.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Emergency management reported a measured 58 mph wind gust near Jarbalo, Kansas.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Emergency management reported 65 to 70 mph wind along with some pea sized hail and damage.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph, with numerous tree limbs reported down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-A large tree was reported blown down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindJarbalo-3 foot diameter tree downed.
June 2005Flash FloodJarbalo-8 inches of water covered intersection of K92 and K32.
April 1998HailJarbalo-One inch diameter hail was reported in a severe thunderstorm over Jarbalo.
June 1998HailJarbalo-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 2017HailJarbalo-no account filed
May 2017HailJarbalo-no account filed
May 2016HailJarbalo-no account filed
May 2012HailJarbalo-no account filed
April 2010HailJarbalo-no account filed
September 2010HailJarbalo-no account filed
April 2009HailJarbalo-no account filed
July 2008HailJarbalo-no account filed
June 2008HailJarbalo-no account filed
June 2006HailJarbalo-no account filed
June 2006HailJarbalo-no account filed
June 2006HailJarbalo-no account filed
April 2005HailJarbalo-no account filed
June 2005HailJarbalo-no account filed
June 2003HailJarbalo-no account filed
May 2001HailJarbalo-no account filed
September 2001HailJarbalo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leavenworth 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
Five Points2.8 miles22
Hoge4.4 miles35
Springdale4.9 miles23
Tonganoxie6.4 miles23
Fairmount7.1 miles35
East Fairmount8.0 miles35
Basehor8.1 miles35
South Basehor8.6 miles35

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 JarbaloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16892862The 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.