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.
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
- Walnut Creek Tributary Bridgelisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Larned quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Larned quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Nekoma quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Larned quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2017Regional 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 burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Rush County | 2 |
| 25 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
45 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2023 | Tornado (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 2020 | Heavy Rain | Nekoma | - | Rainfall of 2.01 inches was observed. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| October 2018 | Hail | Nekoma | - | There was a lot of pea to nickel sized hail. |
| December 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Nekoma | - | This QLCS was observed briefly before it was lost in the rain. There was no damage reported. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | A trailer with a mower on it moved 300 feet by the high wind. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. Four inch diameter tree limbs were broken. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Nekoma | - | The hail stripped the leaves off of the trees. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Nekoma | - | This tornado did not encounter anything to damage. |
| July 2006 | Heavy Rain | Nekoma | - | Four inches of rain fell in a short time span. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Nekoma | - | Nothing to damage. Probably stronger than F0. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| October 2017 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Nekoma | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Nekoma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hargrave | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Alexander | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Rush Center | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| La Crosse | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| McCracken | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bison | 13.4 miles | 14 | |
| Timken | 14.0 miles | 15 | |
| Liebenthal | 14.1 miles | 14 |
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 Nekoma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6989855 | 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 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.






