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Jetmore, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67854. The Survey maps it on the Jetmore quadrangle. 770 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,303 feet above sea level.

Jetmore within Hodgeman County

On record in Jetmore

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Jetmore fell from 867 to 770 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010867
2020770-97 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Jetmore in 2017, burning about 301 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/undetermined1

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
30 January 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined301 acresHodgeman County2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hodgeman County

Storms near this place

60 of 380 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jetmore in 380 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 218 hail, 124 thunderstorm wind, 18 tornado, 15 heavy rain. 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 2015Flash FloodJetmore$3,000,000Numerous county roads were washed out due to flash flooding.
March 2007Tornado (EF3)Jetmore$210,000This large tornado destroyed three homes and did damage to one other. Hundreds of power poles were broken along with a handful of pivot irrigation sprinklers and barns. Trees also sustained major damage. There were also at least 50 head of cattle dead from this tornado in Hodgeman county. Parts of the debris from a shed were found 40 miles north. A wedding book registry was found intact 34 miles from the original location in a home that was destroyed. This tornado continued into Ness county at 925 PM CDT.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindJetmore$200,000no account filed
October 2021Thunderstorm WindJetmore$55,000A pivot irrigation sprinkler was overturned by the high wind. There was also a large tree blown down and damage was done to a shed.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindJetmore$50,000Ten power poles downed.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindJetmore$10,000A 30 by 40 foot shed was destroyed and a grain cart was moved 10 feet.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJetmore$5,000Pictures via social media show large section of a tree fell onto a house in Jetmore with several other large tree branches and a flag pole broken across town.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindJetmore$3,000Five power poles were blown down.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindJetmore$1,500Several power poles were blown down 1/2 mile east of Jetmore. The downed power lines also started a grass fire.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindJetmore$600Two power poles blown down.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Photos on social media show power poles downed east of Hodgeman Medical Center.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Kansas State Mesonet site Hodgeman County measured an 88 mph wind gust.
August 2025HailJetmore-A public report of 1.75 inch hail.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJetmore-A public report via social media of a shed destroyed with pictures.
October 2025HailJetmore-A public report of 1 inch hail.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindJetmore-A public report of a 60 mph wind gust.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindJetmore-A CO-OP observer reported a 70 mph wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Wind gust of 60 mph.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindJetmore-The storm spotter described a small path of damage through the cemetery, including tree damage and head stone damage. A photograph of one head stone was shown to be flipped upside down. Time of event estimated based on radar data.
July 2020Heavy RainJetmore-Rainfall of 2.85 inches was observed.
July 2020Heavy RainJetmore-Rainfall of 2.57 inches was observed with the majority falling in a 3 hour period.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Two barns were blown down by the high wind.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be gusting to 60 MPH.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Jetmore-QLCS tornado did minor damage at a residence along the path.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Four to five inch diameter tree limbs were broken by the high wind.
May 2019HailJetmore-The hail was mostly pea to dime size but a few quarter sized stones were observed.
May 2019Heavy RainJetmore-Rainfall of 1.70 inches was observed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated at 60 MPH.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Two campers were overturned at HorseThief Reservoir. No injuries were reported.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Three high voltage transmission lines were snapped between Jetmore and Hanston.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Tree branches up to 2 inches in diameter were broken by the high wind.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2018Heavy RainJetmore-Rainfall of 1.68 inches was observed in 3 hours.
October 2017HailJetmore-Vehicle damage was observed at HorseTheif Reservoir.
October 2017HailJetmore-The hail was nickel to golfball sized.
April 2016Heavy RainJetmore-Rainfall of 3.94 was reported.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Jetmore-This tornado moved into Ness County at 17:19 CST. It only went through grassland and a fence in Hodgeman County but became much stronger in Ness County.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Jetmore-This tornado was wrapped in rain at times but clearly evident.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be gusting to 65 MPH.
July 2016FloodJetmore-Water was flowing across several county roads.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Wind gusts were from a nearby thunderstorm.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Jetmore-This tornado did not encounter any objects to damage.
May 2016Tornado (EF3)Jetmore-This tornado moved north and northwest passing into Ness County at 18:22 CST. Unfortunately it heavily damaged a farm that was also struck by a large tornado on March 28, 2007. A stock trailer was carried 1.7 miles from it's original resting location at the farm. Other heavy machinery was carried well over a mile.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Jetmore-Numerous people reported this landspout that moved across HorseThief Reservoir from land to water and back across land. As it moved across the lake it picked up quite a bit of water. Many reported it sounding like a water fall.
July 2015HailJetmore-A windshield was broken by the hail and windows on the north side of the home were also broken.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJetmore-A few tree limbs were blow down by winds that were estimated to be 70 MPH.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2014HailJetmore-Winds gusted to 40 MPH as the hail fell.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Sheet metal was ripped off the building.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Visibility was near zero in heavy rain and at least 60 MPH winds.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindJetmore-Wind gusts were estimated to be up to 70 MPH.

Every storm recorded in Hodgeman 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
Bosse3.2 miles15
Hanston9.9 miles15
Orwell10.6 miles15
Gray14.3 miles15
Dungans Crossing16.0 miles15

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 JetmoreAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2205504The 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 475917. 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.