Lowemont, Kansas
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Kickapoo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66020. The Survey maps it on the Oak Mills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1886 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Lowemont between 2015 and 2018, burning about 1,240 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 908 |
| 21 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 71 |
| 29 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 48 |
| 15 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 93 |
| 7 May 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Leavenworth County | 36 |
| 6 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 36 |
| 23 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
| 2 April 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 150039 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowemont in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Flood | Lowemont | $750,000 | The Stranger Creek at Easton had its highest crest ever on May 7,2007. It crested at 27.80 feet, or 10.80 feet above flood stage. Several homes and businesses suffered damage. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowemont | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds estimated to 70 mph, caused an eight inch diamater tree to fall on a house. Numerous large tree limbs down, from 19100 block to the 18700 block of Santa Fe Drive. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowemont | - | Personal weather station recorded a 60 mph wind gust near Easton. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowemont | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gusts between Leavenworth and Atchison. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowemont | - | A 30 foot by 40 foot barn was blown down and large tree limbs around 12 inches in diameter snapped due to strong winds. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowemont | - | Emergency management reported 70 mph winds. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Lowemont | - | Ongoing flooding along the Missouri River continued through the month of April and into May. Several roads were closed near the banks of the Missouri River. This flooding began in mid March and due to upstream releases and continued periods of heavy rain the flooding continued into May. Monetary damages are unknown despite the entry indicating 0 dollars of damages. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Lowemont | - | Heavy spring rains caused ongoing flooding along the Missouri River to Continue through the month. Some locations along the Missouri River experienced major flooding at times during the month. Damage estimates from roads washed out and crop damage are unknown at this time. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowemont | - | A 20 inch live tree snapped. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowemont | - | Emergency Manager for Leavenworth County, Kansas measured a 67 mph wind gust near Leavenworth, Kansas. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Lowemont | - | Reported at Pleasant Ridge High School. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowemont | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Lowemont | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Lowemont | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Lowemont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millwood | 3.2 miles | 26 | |
| Easton | 4.0 miles | 23 | |
| Kickapoo | 4.7 miles | 46 | |
| Leavenworth | 8.5 miles | 49 | |
| Springdale | 9.1 miles | 23 | |
| Five Points | 10.4 miles | 22 | |
| Bain City | 10.5 miles | 49 | |
| Xavier | 10.5 miles | 49 |
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 Lowemont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199011 | 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 478266. 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.










