BlockMarmaton, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Marmaton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66701. The Survey maps it on the Marmaton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1884 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Ft Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Marmaton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Marmaton between 2015 and 2020, burning about 724 acres in total. None 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 | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 8 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 134 |
| 17 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 153 |
| 16 April 2015 | Smoking | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 166 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Bourbon County | 131 |
| 10 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 157 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 66 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marmaton in 8 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmaton | $130,000 | A micro burst caused damage to a car port, several out buildings, tore the roof off a small barn, destroyed a mobile home and caused roof damage to several other buildings. Several trees and power poles and a flag pole were downed. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmaton | $5,000 | A barn was destroyed near Indian Road and 115th Street. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmaton | $5,000 | Several trees and telephone poles were blown down or snapped. |
| July 2010 | Lightning | Marmaton | $2,000 | Lightning struck power lines near the intersection of 140th Street and Jayhawk Road and caused brief power outages. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmaton | $1,000 | A tree was down and partially blocking the road. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Marmaton | - | Hail up to ping pong balls in size was reported. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marmaton | - | Winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph were reported north of Redfield along Highway 54. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Marmaton | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 474764. 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.