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Lamar, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67436. It stands on East Pipe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lamar quadrangle.

Lamar within Ottawa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

Storms near this place

40 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamar in 40 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 30 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 1994HailLamar$500no account filed
March 2025HailLamar-Ping pong ball size hail.
March 2025HailLamar-Hail dented vehicles.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindLamar-This is a delayed report.
June 2023HailLamar-Quarter sized hail reported.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindLamar-Wind gusts estimated at 50 to 60 mph.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindLamar-Semi truck blown over at mile marker 183 on US-81.
October 2016HailLamar-A few golf ball sized stones mixed with dime sized hailstones.
September 2014HailLamar-Hail lasted about 15 mins and caused damage to vehicles, house siding, roof, and crops.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLamar-Winds estimated.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindLamar-A trained spotter near Wells reported a 60 mph wind gust.
June 2011FloodLamar-A trained spotter estimated 2 to 3 feet of water over the road at the intersection between Treaty Road and 190th Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLamar-A trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLamar-A trained spotter reported an estimated 80 mph wind gust.
September 2019HailLamar-no account filed
May 2018HailLamar-no account filed
May 2018HailLamar-no account filed
April 2017HailLamar-no account filed
April 2017HailLamar-no account filed
April 2016HailLamar-no account filed
October 2016HailLamar-no account filed
June 2015HailLamar-no account filed
May 2015HailLamar-no account filed
September 2015HailLamar-no account filed
June 2014HailLamar-no account filed
June 2011HailLamar-no account filed
June 2011HailLamar-no account filed
June 2011HailLamar-no account filed
June 2011HailLamar-no account filed
June 2011HailLamar-no account filed
June 2011HailLamar-no account filed
June 2011HailLamar-no account filed
April 2010HailLamar-no account filed
April 2009HailLamar-no account filed
April 2009HailLamar-no account filed
April 2009HailLamar-no account filed
July 2009HailLamar-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLamar-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLamar-no account filed
June 1999HailLamar-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ottawa 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
Wells8.2 miles14
Sumnerville9.5 miles14
Delphos10.5 miles15
Alfmil11.6 miles14
Minneapolis11.6 miles15
Lindsey12.5 miles15
Vine Creek12.7 miles14
Brewer14.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484766. 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.

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.