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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.

Lowemont within Leavenworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

64 since 2015

Regional 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 burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
9 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLeavenworth County908
21 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service71
29 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service48
15 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County93
7 May 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresLeavenworth County36
6 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service36
23 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service39
2 April 2015Smoking1.0 acresKansas Forest Service150039

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leavenworth County

Storms near this place

15 since 2002

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2007FloodLowemont$750,000The 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 2010Thunderstorm WindLowemont$1,000Thunderstorm 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 2025Thunderstorm WindLowemont-Personal weather station recorded a 60 mph wind gust near Easton.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindLowemont-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts between Leavenworth and Atchison.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLowemont-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 2021Thunderstorm WindLowemont-Emergency management reported 70 mph winds.
April 2019FloodLowemont-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 2019FloodLowemont-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 2014Thunderstorm WindLowemont-A 20 inch live tree snapped.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindLowemont-Emergency Manager for Leavenworth County, Kansas measured a 67 mph wind gust near Leavenworth, Kansas.
October 2014HailLowemont-Reported at Pleasant Ridge High School.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindLowemont-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
May 2011HailLowemont-no account filed
April 2006HailLowemont-no account filed
September 2002HailLowemont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leavenworth 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
Millwood3.2 miles26
Easton4.0 miles23
Kickapoo4.7 miles46
Leavenworth8.5 miles49
Springdale9.1 miles23
Five Points10.4 miles22
Bain City10.5 miles49
Xavier10.5 miles49

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 LowemontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17199011The 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.