Kirkwood, Kansas
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Baker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66762. It stands on First Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kirkwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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 Joplin quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1945 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Pittsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Kirkwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
179 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Kirkwood between 2015 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 102 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 730019 |
| 16 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 90 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 107 |
| 12 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1339 |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 17073 |
| 5 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1095 |
| 31 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1272 |
| 3 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1083 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kirkwood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W.S.Dickey Clay Plant | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirkwood in 15 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Kirkwood | $25,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 105 mph traveled along a total 2 mile path. This tornado tracked out of Cherokee County crossing Highway 400 near NE 50th Street and northeast across Crawford County for a mile and a half. Damage continued to trees as the tornado tracked northeast, then heavily damaged a barn on E 510th Avenue before lifting southeast of Kramer. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | $10,000 | A large tree was reported down on power lines at the intersection of 520th and 200th Roads. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | $1,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a power line. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Kirkwood | - | Heavy rainfall caused some significant cropland flooding between Highway 171 and East 510th Road. This also impacted low water areas along Highway 69 with water reported on the road. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | Half dollar size hail fell just south of Chicopee. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | Quarter sized hail was reported via MPing. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | This report was at the intersection of 400 Highway and Highway 69. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Winds were estimated by law enforcement officers. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple tree limbs from two to four inches in diameter. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | Several trees were reported down. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirkwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Kirkwood | - | 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.
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 Kirkwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18154093 | 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 484463. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.












