Mayetta, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Cedar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66509. The Survey maps it on the Mayetta quadrangle. 348 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,191 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresMayetta grew from 341 to 348 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 | 341 | |
| 2020 | 348 | +7 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1889 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Mayetta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
133 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Mayetta between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,762 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 437 |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Jackson County | 313 |
| 29 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Horton Agency | Q-4 |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Horton Agency | 14 NOVEMBER 17 |
| 7 August 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Horton Agency | 5 ECHO 20 |
| 21 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Jackson County | 277 |
| 2 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Horton Agency | 19 SIERRA 18 |
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 323 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 66 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayetta in 66 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 32 hail, 28 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2001 | Flash Flood | Mayetta | 1 killed | Flood waters swept a vehicle off a road into a nearby creek killing the male driver. Two passengers escaped uninjured. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Mayetta | $70,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | $50,000 | Winds estimated around 60 mph downed power lines and trees. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | $40,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Mayetta | $25,000 | A National Weather Service damage assessment team has confirmed damage south of Mayetta, Kansas on July 4th was caused by an EF-0 tornado.||The tornado formed 3 miles south of Mayetta, Kansas at 4:46 PM CDT. This initial formation was approximately 1 mile west of the intersection of U.S. Highway 75 and 134 Road where a house sustained minor damage. As the tornado crossed Highway 75 a camper was rolled in the northbound lane of U.S. 75.||The tornado continued on to where it impacted a farmstead 1/4 mile east of U.S. 75 and 142 Road. At this location, there were 6 to 8 inch tree branches down along with several trees. Shingle damage was also noted to the home and a camper was tipped over. Another farmstead was struck just to the east. Metal roofing and a metal barn were destroyed along with significant tree damage. The resident reported hearing the tornado and seeing debris blowing around as it hit.||The tornado then crossed 142 Road and dissipated in an alfalfa field where a decent debris field was deposited when the tornado weakened. The tornado ended at 4:48 PM CDT. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | $20,000 | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | $10,000 | Strong winds damaged 5 outbuildings. A garage suffered major damage while the other 4 had minor mostly roof damage. The damage occurred in a path about 1 mile long and 100 yards wide. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | $2,000 | no account filed |
| March 2025 | Hail | Mayetta | - | Hail covering the ground. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Outbuilding damaged. Time was estimated by radar and wind gust was estimated. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Mayetta | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Mayetta | - | Picture on social media of tennis ball sized hail. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Tree limbs six inches in diameter down from a healthy tree. Winds estimated between 75 and 80 mph. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Mayetta | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Power poles snapped in half, possibly associated with a tornado. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Public reported wind gust. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | One inch tree limbs down and shingles blown off roof. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Mayetta | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Received photos on social media of a metal roof blown off of a structure and siding damage to a home. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Report of 70 mph wind gust. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Metal pole barn blown down and completely destroyed. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Mayetta | - | Quarter size hail reported. Time estimated based on radar. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Corrects previous non-tstm wind gust report from 7W Mayetta. Mesonet Station TS790 Potawatomi. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF2) | Mayetta | - | This tornado formed near Mayetta and moved through the western side of town with EF1 damage noted to outbuildings and trees. The damage track was intermittent northeast of this point but there were several structures damaged including a house near the end of the track that suggested low end EF2 damage. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Measured at the mesonet site. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Estimated winds to 65 mph. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Mayetta | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail reported. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Wind gusts up to 60 MPH were reported. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Mayetta | - | Mostly nickel size hail with a few quarters as well. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Wind gust measured by a KDOT site. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | A four inch diameter tree branch was broken from strong winds, estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | Measured wind gust at RAWS mesonet site. |
| July 2010 | Flood | Mayetta | - | Water flowed across intersection of 174 Road and N Road. |
| September 2001 | Flood | Mayetta | - | Heavy rains caused runoff to be over a roadway for a time. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Mayetta | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Mayetta | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Denison | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hoyt | 6.3 miles | 20 | |
| Holton | 8.8 miles | 18 | |
| Carbon (historical) | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Circleville | 13.7 miles | 17 | |
| Delia | 14.6 miles | 19 | |
| Netawaka | 18.2 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 Mayetta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2469062 | 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 478308. 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.






