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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.

Mingo within Thomas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

4 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
2 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service46
16 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service55
23 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service41
5 October 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Service7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thomas County

Storms near this place

60 of 68 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Mingo$42,000Spotter 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 2020Thunderstorm WindMingo$18,000Thomas 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 2021Thunderstorm WindMingo$12,000As 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 2025Thunderstorm WindMingo-AWN site CM-Kistler reported a 58 mph wind gust.
June 2025HailMingo-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 2025HailMingo-Estimated nickel to quarter size hail along with video of the hail from the public.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMingo-A storm chaser estimated 60 mph wind gusts with near zero visibility in rain.
April 2024HailMingo-Report via MPing of up to 1.75 inch hail.
May 2024HailMingo-Dime to nickel sized hail observed.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMingo-Two overturned empty semis reported near mile marker 64 on I-70 eastbound.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMingo-Ambient Personal Weather Station.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMingo-Measured at a personal weather station.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMingo-Mesonet station KKSCOLBY28 reported a 61 mph wind thunderstorm wind gust at location.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMingo-Mesonet station KKSCOLBY35 reported a 68 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMingo-Reported via Weather Underground station kkscolby28. A sustained speed of 78 mph was also recorded at the time.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMingo-Reported via Weather Underground station kkscolby35.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMingo-Mesonet station KKSCOLBY28 reported a 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMingo-Mesonet station reported a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location.
May 2021HailMingo-Report was sent via MPing.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMingo-Estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 65 mph reported at location.
June 2019HailMingo-Reported 2-inch hail about 5 miles south of Colby, KS.
May 2019Flash FloodMingo-Via Facebook public reported flash flooding covering roadways at the intersection of county road J and county road 18.
July 2016HailMingo-Estimated time of report from radar.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindMingo-Measured at a mesonet site 6 W of Mingo.
August 2015HailMingo-Hail has covered the ground.
May 2013HailMingo-Report of quarter size hail near mile marker 61 on Interstate 70, verified by sheriff dispatch in Thomas county.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMingo-Minor tree limb damage occurred with winds estimated at 70 mph.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Mingo-Brief touchdown in open field reported by passing motorist and confirmed by off-duty NWS employee. No known damage.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMingo-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 2003Thunderstorm WindMingo-Irrigation pivots toppled. Time estimated based on hail report nearby.
October 2000Tornado (F0)Mingo-Brief tornado that caused no damage.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindMingo-Strong winds blew windows out of house.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
April 2022HailMingo-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
September 2016Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
July 2010HailMingo-no account filed
May 2008HailMingo-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
June 2006HailMingo-no account filed
May 2004HailMingo-no account filed
May 2004HailMingo-no account filed
May 2003HailMingo-no account filed
June 2003HailMingo-no account filed
August 2002HailMingo-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
July 2001HailMingo-no account filed
September 2001HailMingo-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindMingo-no account filed
September 2001HailMingo-no account filed
July 2000HailMingo-no account filed
October 2000HailMingo-no account filed
October 2000HailMingo-no account filed
August 1999HailMingo-no account filed
June 1999HailMingo-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Thomas 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
Spica5.5 miles8
Halford8.2 miles7
Colby9.4 miles9
Gem10.9 miles7
Menlo13.8 miles7
Breton14.4 miles7
Levant14.4 miles9
Rexford17.7 miles8

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 MingoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18345147The 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.