Mingo, Kansas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Summers Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67701. The Survey maps it on the Mingo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Mingo quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Mingo between 2015 and 2016, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 46 |
| 16 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 55 |
| 23 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 41 |
| 5 October 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mingo in 68 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 32 hail, 32 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash 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 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Mingo | $42,000 | Spotter reported a rain wrapped tornado. Damage survey revealed lots of minor damage, including damaged roofs, a destroyed center irrigation pivot, numerous trees downed, siding on houses damaged, and a small shed destroyed, among other minor damage. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | $18,000 | Thomas County dispatch reported a semi truck blown over at mile marker 64 on I-70 due to strong thunderstorm winds. No injuries to driver or other vehicles involved. |
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | $12,000 | As isolated storms moved east along the I-70 corridor, outflow associated with the storms produced strong winds up to 60 mph which blew over an empty semi truck traveling on I-70 near mile marker 61. Key Impacts: strong winds, difficult driving conditions. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | AWN site CM-Kistler reported a 58 mph wind gust. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Mingo | - | A video of quarter to half dollar size hail was sent to Facebook from the public. Report also did note that dime to quarter size hail started at 17:00. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Mingo | - | Estimated nickel to quarter size hail along with video of the hail from the public. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | A storm chaser estimated 60 mph wind gusts with near zero visibility in rain. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Mingo | - | Report via MPing of up to 1.75 inch hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Mingo | - | Dime to nickel sized hail observed. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Two overturned empty semis reported near mile marker 64 on I-70 eastbound. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Ambient Personal Weather Station. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Measured at a personal weather station. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Mesonet station KKSCOLBY28 reported a 61 mph wind thunderstorm wind gust at location. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Mesonet station KKSCOLBY35 reported a 68 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Reported via Weather Underground station kkscolby28. A sustained speed of 78 mph was also recorded at the time. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Reported via Weather Underground station kkscolby35. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Mesonet station KKSCOLBY28 reported a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Mesonet station reported a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Mingo | - | Report was sent via MPing. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 65 mph reported at location. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Mingo | - | Reported 2-inch hail about 5 miles south of Colby, KS. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Mingo | - | Via Facebook public reported flash flooding covering roadways at the intersection of county road J and county road 18. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Mingo | - | Estimated time of report from radar. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Measured at a mesonet site 6 W of Mingo. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Mingo | - | Hail has covered the ground. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Mingo | - | Report of quarter size hail near mile marker 61 on Interstate 70, verified by sheriff dispatch in Thomas county. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Minor tree limb damage occurred with winds estimated at 70 mph. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Mingo | - | Brief touchdown in open field reported by passing motorist and confirmed by off-duty NWS employee. No known damage. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Wind damage reported at exit 70 on Interstate 70 at a campground. Six to eight inch tree branches down, a small utility trailer was blown into a fence, a campground sign was blown over and the west wall of a recreation barn was shifted three inches on the foundation. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Irrigation pivots toppled. Time estimated based on hail report nearby. |
| October 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Mingo | - | Brief tornado that caused no damage. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | Strong winds blew windows out of house. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Mingo | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Mingo | - | 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.
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 Mingo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18345147 | 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 471261. 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.




