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La Cygne, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66040. The Survey maps it on the La Cygne quadrangle. 1,050 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 837 feet above sea level.

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La Cygne within Linn County

Population over time

2 figures

La Cygne fell from 1,149 to 1,050 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
20101,149
20201,050-99 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

38 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of La Cygne between 2006 and 2020, burning about 168 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service180076
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service15-0132
16 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service15-0125
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMarais des Cygnes National Wildlife RefugeHIGHWAY 69 SOUTH
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service180061
5 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service32
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service576

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Linn County

Storms near this place

60 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names La Cygne in 60 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007FloodLa Cygne$7,000,000The Marais Des Cygnes River at La Cygne had major flooding, with a second highest crest ever of 36.07 feet, or 11.07 feet above flood stage. Many homes and businesses suffered loss.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne$100,000Numerous trees uprooted. Some trees toppled onto houses and produced structural damage.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne$9,000Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph at Mound City. Many limbs and countless limbs were downed in La Cygne.
May 2003HailLa Cygne$5,000no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne$1,000Telephone lines down and a large tree blown over.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Downed wires near 2300th Street WNW of La Cygne.
April 2025HailLa Cygne-Quarter sized hail was reported in La Cygne.
April 2025HailLa Cygne-Half dollar sized hail was reported northeast of La Cygne.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Multiple social media reports of limbs down in the Linn Valley area.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Downed power lines just east of La Cygne.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Measured wind gust of 62 mph in La Cygne from a personal weather station.
April 2019FloodLa Cygne-Water was over Highway 152 just east of La Cygne.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Winds were estimated around 60 mph at the intersection of HWY 152 and HWY 69.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-A trained spotter reported a measured 82 mph wind gust.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Limbs down at a post office in La Cygne.
July 2015Flash FloodLa Cygne-Highway 152 between Showalter and La Cygne was closed due to flooding.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Several power poles and stop signs blown down along Highway 152 in La Cygne.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Some trees were damaged across rural Linn County, Kansas, and several residences lost power as strong winds affected the area.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph. Tree limbs up to 6 inches in diameter were reported down.
March 2008FloodLa Cygne-The Marais Des Cygnes River at La Cygne crested at 26.11 feet, or 1.11 feet above flood stage.
June 2008FloodLa Cygne-Water was reported over Highway 152 east of La Cygne.
June 2007Flash FloodLa Cygne-East 152 Highway had water over the road near La Cygne.
June 2007Flash FloodLa Cygne-Highway 152 east of La Cygne was closed due to water across the road. Many county roads were also closed.
June 2007Flash FloodLa Cygne-Highway 152 was closed in La Cygne.
June 2007Flash FloodLa Cygne-Numerous roads were closed around La Cygne.
June 2007FloodLa Cygne-The Marais Des Cygnes River at La Cygne began flooding on June 29, 2007 and continued into July 7, 2007. The crest was on July 2, 2007 and is detailed in the July 2007 Storm Data Report.
March 2006Tornado (F0)La Cygne-Tornado touched in rural country 6 miles east-southeast of La Cygne at 1420 CST. It crossed from Linn county into Bates county Missouri at 1424 CST...8 miles east of La Cygne. Damage was limited to trees.
June 2005Flash FloodLa Cygne-K-152 highway closed west of La Cygne due to high water.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-The fire department reported numerous downed trees and power lines.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-The Linn County Sheriff's Office reported a wind gust to 60 MPH during a severe thunderstorm at La Cygne. Several large trees and powers lines were blown down in the city.
April 1998HailLa Cygne-Golfball-size hail was reported at La Cygne by the Linn County Sheriff's office.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-Storm spotters reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH 2 miles west of La Cygne.
June 1998HailLa Cygne-The Linn County Sheriff's Office reported quarter-size hail at La Cygne.
June 1994HailLa Cygne-Hail up to the size of quarters was five inhes deep to the east of La Cygne.
April 2022HailLa Cygne-no account filed
February 2017HailLa Cygne-no account filed
August 2015HailLa Cygne-no account filed
July 2015HailLa Cygne-no account filed
August 2012HailLa Cygne-no account filed
June 2011HailLa Cygne-no account filed
May 2010HailLa Cygne-no account filed
June 2009HailLa Cygne-no account filed
June 2008HailLa Cygne-no account filed
March 2006HailLa Cygne-no account filed
March 2006HailLa Cygne-no account filed
April 2005HailLa Cygne-no account filed
June 2005HailLa Cygne-no account filed
September 2005HailLa Cygne-no account filed
April 2003HailLa Cygne-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-no account filed
April 2002HailLa Cygne-no account filed
May 2002HailLa Cygne-no account filed
May 2002HailLa Cygne-no account filed
April 2001HailLa Cygne-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-no account filed
May 1996HailLa Cygne-no account filed
May 1996HailLa Cygne-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindLa Cygne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Linn 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
Linn Valley3.3 miles15
La Cygne Corner4.4 miles16
Boicourt5.9 miles16
Cadmus7.3 miles14
Trading Post8.2 miles15
Farlinville9.4 miles15
Pleasanton12.2 miles15
Parker12.3 miles14

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 La CygneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2299860The 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 477688. 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.