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Latham, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67072. The Survey maps it on the Latham quadrangle. 96 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,473 feet above sea level.

Latham within Butler County

Population over time

2 figures

Latham fell from 139 to 96 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
2010139
202096-43 (-31%)

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.

Fires near this place

22 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Latham between 2009 and 2019, burning about 3,326 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
16 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButler County20
7 April 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresButler County14
30 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service16
14 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service15
12 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresButler CountyKS_BUX_0019
10 April 2018Debris and open burning25 acresKansas Forest Service12
7 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use50 acresButler County5
28 March 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service21

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butler County

Storms near this place

44 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Latham in 44 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 19 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 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
April 2009Flash FloodLatham$1,000,000Heavy rainfall from numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon, evening and overnight hours on the 26th produced widespread urban and rural flooding across the county. Many locations received 3 to 5 inches of rainfall, with areas around Benton and Andover receiving over 6 inches of rainfall. Several rural and city roads were closed countywide due to high water. Nearly two dozen evacuations took place along Dry Creek near Santa Fe Lake about 3 miles northwest of Augusta, and also across portions of El Dorado. Several of those homes sustained flood damage, some of which was major, and several businesses in downtown El Dorado sustained water damage. The Wichita Eagle and Andover Journal-Advocate contributed to this report.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLatham$4,000A large tree was knocked down by the damaging winds.
July 2019FloodLatham$100Volunteer fire reported some low land flooding in and around Latham. Two inches of rainfall was reported.
July 2019Flash FloodLatham$100Water was reported over a roadway south of town.
October 2016Flash FloodLatham$100Latham fire department reported a foot of water running over the road just south of town.
May 2014FloodLatham$100Flooding was reported on several township roads near Beaumont, Kansas.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindLatham$100Patio furniture was blown around a deck.
May 2020Heavy RainLatham-Rainfall amount since early morning.
June 2019Heavy RainLatham-This is a 24 hour total.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindLatham-No damage was reported.
May 2016HailLatham-Reported at Butler State Fishing Lake.
September 2014HailLatham-The hail ranged in size from nickel to quarter size.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindLatham-The report was relayed by a trained spotter.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindLatham-Wind speed was estimated.
June 2011HailLatham-Winds up to 60 mph were also reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLatham-Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLatham-Also accompanied by pea sized hail.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLatham-A power pole was blown down.
June 2007FloodLatham-Nuisance flooding was reported across the county.
June 2006Tornado (F0)Latham-Rope tornado that produced no damage.
June 2000Flash FloodLatham-Highway 400 flooded at Latham turnoff.
May 2024HailLatham-no account filed
June 2018HailLatham-no account filed
October 2016HailLatham-no account filed
March 2015HailLatham-no account filed
April 2014HailLatham-no account filed
May 2014HailLatham-no account filed
June 2011HailLatham-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLatham-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLatham-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLatham-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLatham-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindLatham-no account filed
June 2005HailLatham-no account filed
June 2005HailLatham-no account filed
June 2005HailLatham-no account filed
June 2005HailLatham-no account filed
June 2005HailLatham-no account filed
September 2005HailLatham-no account filed
June 2004HailLatham-no account filed
May 2002HailLatham-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindLatham-no account filed
September 2002HailLatham-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindLatham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Wingate4.8 miles14
Clay Center6.9 miles14
Keighley9.4 miles14
Beaumont10.2 miles13
Bloomington12.6 miles14
Smileyville12.7 miles15
Leon13.0 miles15
Pickrell Corner14.6 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 LathamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2901469The 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 485486. 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.