Lebo, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66856. The Survey maps it on the Lebo quadrangle. 885 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,171 feet above sea level.
On record in Lebo
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
Cleo F. Miller Houselisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresLebo fell from 940 to 885 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 | 940 | |
| 2020 | 885 | -55 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Lebo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Lebo between 2006 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coffey County | 372 |
| 12 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 486 |
| 8 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 222 |
| 27 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coffey County | 228 |
| 20 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 190 |
| 11 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 174 |
| 31 March 2015 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 141 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lebo: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davies Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
54 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lebo in 54 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 32 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Heavy Rain | Lebo | $50,000 | Three to three and a half inches of rain fell during the morning hours. This rain falling on saturated soils brought some small steam flooding along with street flooding in and around Lebo. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | $500 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | $200 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | Tree damage was also reported. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lebo | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | Small tree limbs down. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Lebo | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Lebo | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Lebo | - | Tennis ball size hail with time estimated based on radar. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Lebo | - | Palm hail in Lebo. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | Report of shed blown over and several tree limbs down. Time was estimated by radar. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | Estimated wind gust report received via social media. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Lebo | - | Photos provided by KVOE radio shows small dust swirl on ground consistent with funnel cloud reports. No damage occurred. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | Estimated wind gust report. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | A roof was blown off of a house. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | Downed tree limbs damaged a windshield on a car and a warehouse roof. The size of limbs were unknown. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Lebo | - | Subway restaurant reported several quarter size stones. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | Power lines down in Lebo. Numerous power outages in Burlington. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lebo | - | Vehicle accidents were reported along I-35 near Beto Junction. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | A law enforcement officer reported 60 mph winds near the City of Lebo., with some small tree limb damage. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | A lean-to garage was blown down and pieces were carried onto Old Highway 50. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | Two grain bins were damaged near the intersection of Highway 50 and Emmer Road. One of these bins was blown across a roadway. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Lebo | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Lebo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beto Junction | 8.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ottumwa | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Jacobs Creek Landing | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| Halls Summit | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| New Strawn | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sharpe | 12.6 miles | 16 | |
| Waverly | 13.3 miles | 17 | |
| Burlington | 16.4 miles | 17 |
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 Lebo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2232004 | 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 477548. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.








