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Nekoma, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67559. The Survey maps it on the Nekoma quadrangle. It stands 2,037 feet above sea level.

Nekoma within Rush County

On record in Nekoma

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Nekoma between 2017 and 2018, burning about 5 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
Debris and open burning2

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
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreRush County2
25 January 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rush County

Storms near this place

45 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nekoma in 45 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 32 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2023Tornado (EF0)Nekoma-A highly visible Landspout tornado moved slowly northwest from 552 to 558 pm. Numerous pictures of this event were shared on social media. This Landspout flipped a section of center pivot just south of Highway 96.
July 2020Heavy RainNekoma-Rainfall of 2.01 inches was observed.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNekoma-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
October 2018HailNekoma-There was a lot of pea to nickel sized hail.
December 2016Tornado (EF0)Nekoma-This QLCS was observed briefly before it was lost in the rain. There was no damage reported.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNekoma-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindNekoma-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNekoma-A trailer with a mower on it moved 300 feet by the high wind.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNekoma-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. Four inch diameter tree limbs were broken.
June 2008HailNekoma-The hail stripped the leaves off of the trees.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Nekoma-This tornado did not encounter anything to damage.
July 2006Heavy RainNekoma-Four inches of rain fell in a short time span.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Nekoma-Nothing to damage. Probably stronger than F0.
September 2023HailNekoma-no account filed
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNekoma-no account filed
April 2022HailNekoma-no account filed
May 2018HailNekoma-no account filed
October 2017HailNekoma-no account filed
June 2014HailNekoma-no account filed
August 2014HailNekoma-no account filed
May 2012HailNekoma-no account filed
May 2012HailNekoma-no account filed
August 2011HailNekoma-no account filed
June 2010HailNekoma-no account filed
August 2010HailNekoma-no account filed
June 2008HailNekoma-no account filed
June 2008HailNekoma-no account filed
May 2008HailNekoma-no account filed
July 2006HailNekoma-no account filed
June 2006HailNekoma-no account filed
March 2005HailNekoma-no account filed
August 2005HailNekoma-no account filed
August 2005HailNekoma-no account filed
July 2004HailNekoma-no account filed
July 2004HailNekoma-no account filed
July 2004HailNekoma-no account filed
August 2003HailNekoma-no account filed
June 2001HailNekoma-no account filed
August 2001HailNekoma-no account filed
June 1999HailNekoma-no account filed
June 1997HailNekoma-no account filed
June 1997HailNekoma-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindNekoma-no account filed
May 1996HailNekoma-no account filed
July 1996HailNekoma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rush 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
Hargrave5.7 miles14
Alexander5.9 miles15
Rush Center7.0 miles15
La Crosse8.1 miles15
McCracken10.1 miles13
Bison13.4 miles14
Timken14.0 miles15
Liebenthal14.1 miles14

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 NekomaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6989855The 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 475606. 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.