Natoma, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Natoma Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67651. The Survey maps it on the Natoma quadrangle. 302 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,834 feet above sea level.
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On record in Natoma
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Natoma Presbyterian Churchlisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresNatoma fell from 335 to 302 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 | 335 | |
| 2020 | 302 | -33 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1896 USGS Plainville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Natoma quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Natoma between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 27 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 180013 |
| 11 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
60 of 66 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Natoma in 66 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 46 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 heavy rain. 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Natoma | $2,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Natoma | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Natoma | $100,000 | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported from a second severe thunderstorm which passed through. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natoma | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Natoma | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Natoma | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Natoma | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natoma | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natoma | $25,000 | Wind gusts estimated to be near 65 MPH resulted in numerous tree limbs being downed, some of which were 8 to 10 inches in diameter. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Natoma | $25,000 | The path of this weak tornado affected two farmsteads. Damage reported included a few broken trees, mangled cattle panels, feed bunks overturned, a hay shed moved 100 yards from its original location, and hay bales moved. A garage had some tin ripped from the roof and a light pole was broken in the yard. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Natoma | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Natoma | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Natoma | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Natoma | $15,000 | This tornado, the second to affect Osborne County on this day, touched down approximately 4 miles south of Codell, moved northeast and lifted appoximately 2 miles southeast of Codell. Damage along its path was confined to trees, fencing and several power poles. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be 110 MPH. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natoma | $10,000 | Wind gusts were estimated between 50 and 60 MPH, knocking down small tree limbs. |
| July 1997 | Flash Flood | Natoma | $10,000 | Many secondary roads in southwest Osborne county were covered by water after a torrential rainstorm. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Natoma | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Natoma | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Natoma | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Natoma | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF2) | Natoma | $2,000 | This tornado was the continuation and end of the tornado that started in Ellis County north of the town of Catharine. In Rooks County, the overall damage was minimal and confined to trees as the tornado lifted within a mile of the county line. The entire path length through the 2 counties was 7 miles. At its peak in Ellis County, the maximum wind speed was estimated to be 125 MPH. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Natoma | $500 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Hail | Natoma | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natoma | - | A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located seven miles north-northeast of Natoma. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Natoma | - | A 24-hour total rainfall amount of 4.62 inches was recorded by a CoCoRaHS Observer located 7 miles north-northeast of Natoma. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Natoma | - | A 24-hour total rainfall amount of 4.46 inches was recorded by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Natoma. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Natoma | - | A 24-hour total rainfall amount of 6.72 inches was recorded by the NWS Cooperative Observer located 9 miles north-northeast of Natoma. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Natoma | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 3.78 inches was reported, most of which fell between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. CST. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Natoma | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 3.28 inches was reported, most of which fell between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. CST. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Natoma | - | Hail was widely scattered and mostly dime sized, but some hail was as large as quarters. |
| August 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Natoma | - | This tornado briefly touched down in open country and caused no damage. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Natoma | - | KSN-TV WeatherBug equipment at Natoma Elementary measured a 60 mph wind gust at 710 pm CDT. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Natoma | - | Nickel to quarter size hail fell. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Natoma | - | Paradise Creek was reported out of its banks. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Natoma | - | Supercell thunderstorms produced baseball-size hail at Osborne and Damar and wind gusts to 65 mph at Palco. In Rooks County, the wind and hail combined to destroy 15 percent of the wheat crop and 25 percent of the alfalfa crop. Damage to 22 farm buildings was estimated at $50 thousand. Brief tornado touchdowns occurred near Codell and Plainville. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Natoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Natoma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covert | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| Vincent | 16.4 miles | 13 | |
| Alton | 19.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cheyenne Gap (historical) | 20.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cheyenne | 20.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bloomington | 22.1 miles | 15 | |
| Osborne | 24.6 miles | 15 | |
| Forney | 26.6 miles | 15 |
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 Natoma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2666534 | 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 472448. 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.




