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Latimer, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 6. It lies in ZIP code area 67449. The Survey maps it on the Delavan quadrangle. 31 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,417 feet above sea level.

Latimer within Morris County

On record in Latimer

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Latimer grew from 20 to 31 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
201020
202031+11 (+55%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

20 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Latimer between 2002 and 2020, burning about 463 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
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreDickinson Countynot named
1 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresDickinson Countynot named
27 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresDickinson Countynot named
20 August 2003Naturalunder an acreDickinson Countynot named
6 June 2018Debris and open burning20 acresKansas Forest Service2018028
15 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
9 May 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service2018026
11 May 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresKansas Forest Service2018027

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morris County

Storms near this place

18 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Latimer in 18 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLatimer$10,000One side of a prefab house was peeled away and a large portion of the roof lost shingles. Some trees were uprooted and some smaller outbuildings were blown over. An old granery building was flattened. A windmill dating from the 1930's was also destroyed. Large round hay bales were blown from a nearby field to near the house. A nearby house suffered tree and property damage. Large pine trees, some over 100 years old, were toppled. A utility pole fell on a propane tank causing a gas leak. A satellite dish was ripped from the roof and windows were blown out of the home.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLatimer$5,000The measured wind gust of 80 mph came out of White City. The main structure of the storm moved through Morris county, producing 80 to 90 mph winds. Some structures in White City suffered major damage as a result of the wind storm. Most of these structures were pre-fabricated homes, garages, and a mobile home, which was not tied down. Windows were also broken out of permanent structures from wind and hail being thrown against the sides of the the structures. The major damage swath was about 20 miles wide with the storm track from this event being the mid line of the storm's damage path. In Council Grove, reports were received of 36 to 48 inch trees being snapped by the strong winds. Quarter sized hail was also reported at this location.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLatimer-Several outbuildings destroyed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindLatimer-Estimated 70 mph winds.
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Latimer-A NWS storm survey revealed the tornado tracked into Morris county and damaged several farms and homes along its path to Parkerville.
May 2022Flash FloodLatimer-Deep water flowing across highway 4, 1 mile east of Latimer. The road was impassible.
May 2021Flash FloodLatimer-Multiple roads closed due to high water, including 2400 Rd to 2800 Rd.
June 2011Tornado (EF0)Latimer-Storm chasers and trained spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown in an open field. A debris swirl was noted and lasted less than one minute. No damage was done or had been reported.
July 2010Flash FloodLatimer-Law enforcement reported a foot of water flowing over P Avenue near Highway 149, south of White City.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLatimer-Several power poles were downed and several transformers were damaged. Trees were downed throughout the town and one house lost a large picture window. A grain elevator lost a large storage bin which landed on adjacent railroad tracks.
May 2019HailLatimer-no account filed
October 2016HailLatimer-no account filed
June 2011HailLatimer-no account filed
March 2006HailLatimer-no account filed
May 2005HailLatimer-no account filed
June 2005HailLatimer-no account filed
June 2005HailLatimer-no account filed
September 2002HailLatimer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Morris 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
Delavan6.0 miles15
White City7.0 miles15
Skiddy9.3 miles16
Parkerville9.9 miles15
Wilsey11.5 miles15
Burdick12.1 miles15
Diamond Springs13.6 miles15
Downing (historical)14.4 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 LatimerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2218831The 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 477001. 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.