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.
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
- Herington Army Airfield Chapellisted 2024
Population over time
2 figuresLatimer 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 31 | +11 (+55%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Parkerville quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Parkerville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Delavan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Council Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2002Regional 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Dickinson County | not named |
| 1 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Dickinson County | not named |
| 27 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Dickinson County | not named |
| 20 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Dickinson County | not named |
| 6 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018028 |
| 15 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018026 |
| 11 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2018027 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Latimer | $10,000 | One 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Latimer | $5,000 | The 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Latimer | - | Several outbuildings destroyed. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Latimer | - | Estimated 70 mph winds. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (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 2022 | Flash Flood | Latimer | - | Deep water flowing across highway 4, 1 mile east of Latimer. The road was impassible. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Latimer | - | Multiple roads closed due to high water, including 2400 Rd to 2800 Rd. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (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 2010 | Flash Flood | Latimer | - | Law enforcement reported a foot of water flowing over P Avenue near Highway 149, south of White City. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Latimer | - | 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 2019 | Hail | Latimer | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Latimer | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Latimer | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Latimer | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Latimer | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Latimer | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Latimer | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Latimer | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delavan | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| White City | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Skiddy | 9.3 miles | 16 | |
| Parkerville | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| Wilsey | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Burdick | 12.1 miles | 15 | |
| Diamond Springs | 13.6 miles | 15 | |
| Downing (historical) | 14.4 miles | 15 |
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 Latimer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2218831 | 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 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.





