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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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Mayetta within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Mayetta 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.

YearPeople Change
2010341
2020348+7 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

133 since 2002

Regional 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
6 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresKansas Forest Service437
30 September 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresJackson County313
29 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresHorton AgencyQ-4
24 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreHorton Agency14 NOVEMBER 17
7 August 2020Other causesunder an acreHorton Agency5 ECHO 20
21 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreJackson County277
2 August 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresHorton Agency19 SIERRA 18
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKansas Forest Service323

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

60 of 66 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2001Flash FloodMayetta1 killedFlood waters swept a vehicle off a road into a nearby creek killing the male driver. Two passengers escaped uninjured.
June 1998Tornado (F1)Mayetta$70,000no account filed
April 1994Thunderstorm WindMayetta$50,000Winds estimated around 60 mph downed power lines and trees.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMayetta$40,000no account filed
July 2010Tornado (EF0)Mayetta$25,000A 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 1998Thunderstorm WindMayetta$20,000no account filed
February 2000Thunderstorm WindMayetta$10,000Strong 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 1997Thunderstorm WindMayetta$10,000no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMayetta$2,000no account filed
March 2025HailMayetta-Hail covering the ground.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Outbuilding damaged. Time was estimated by radar and wind gust was estimated.
May 2023HailMayetta-Quarter sized hail reported.
May 2023HailMayetta-Picture on social media of tennis ball sized hail.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Tree limbs six inches in diameter down from a healthy tree. Winds estimated between 75 and 80 mph.
May 2022HailMayetta-Quarter sized hail reported.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Power poles snapped in half, possibly associated with a tornado.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Public reported wind gust.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMayetta-One inch tree limbs down and shingles blown off roof.
June 2021HailMayetta-Quarter size hail reported.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Received photos on social media of a metal roof blown off of a structure and siding damage to a home.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Report of 70 mph wind gust.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Metal pole barn blown down and completely destroyed.
May 2020HailMayetta-Quarter size hail reported. Time estimated based on radar.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Corrects previous non-tstm wind gust report from 7W Mayetta. Mesonet Station TS790 Potawatomi. Time estimated from radar.
May 2019Tornado (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 2019Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Measured at the mesonet site.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Estimated winds to 65 mph.
May 2018HailMayetta-Quarter to golf ball size hail reported.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Wind gusts up to 60 MPH were reported.
March 2017HailMayetta-Mostly nickel size hail with a few quarters as well.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Wind gust measured by a KDOT site.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Time estimated by radar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Wind gusts estimated.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMayetta-A four inch diameter tree branch was broken from strong winds, estimated at 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMayetta-Measured wind gust at RAWS mesonet site.
July 2010FloodMayetta-Water flowed across intersection of 174 Road and N Road.
September 2001FloodMayetta-Heavy rains caused runoff to be over a roadway for a time.
August 2024HailMayetta-no account filed
May 2016HailMayetta-no account filed
October 2014Thunderstorm WindMayetta-no account filed
October 2014HailMayetta-no account filed
June 2014HailMayetta-no account filed
November 2013HailMayetta-no account filed
March 2012HailMayetta-no account filed
March 2012HailMayetta-no account filed
April 2011HailMayetta-no account filed
May 2011HailMayetta-no account filed
May 2011HailMayetta-no account filed
May 2011HailMayetta-no account filed
June 2011HailMayetta-no account filed
July 2010HailMayetta-no account filed
September 2010HailMayetta-no account filed
September 2010HailMayetta-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMayetta-no account filed
April 2006HailMayetta-no account filed
April 2006HailMayetta-no account filed
November 2005HailMayetta-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindMayetta-no account filed
August 2003HailMayetta-no account filed
April 2002HailMayetta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Birmingham5.3 miles18
Denison6.2 miles18
Hoyt6.3 miles20
Holton8.8 miles18
Carbon (historical)11.6 miles18
Circleville13.7 miles17
Delia14.6 miles19
Netawaka18.2 miles17

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 MayettaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2469062The 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.