Neosho Rapids, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66864. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hartford quadrangle. 229 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNeosho Rapids fell from 265 to 229 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 | 265 | |
| 2020 | 229 | -36 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hartford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Neosho Rapids between 1992 and 2019, burning about 7,646 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 were 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lyon County | 2538 |
| 1 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | K130CIG |
| 26 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2058 |
| 1 July 1997 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | WILSON |
| 29 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | SLAYMAKER |
| 14 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 44 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | KUWAIT PRAIRIE |
| 1 May 2001 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | OLD BLUE |
| 8 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | OLD BLUE SOUTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neosho Rapids in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 18 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Flood | Neosho Rapids | $100,000 | Flooding continues into early July. Some roads are closed especially along the lower reaches of the Neosho River near Neosho Rapids. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Neosho Rapids | $80,000 | The Marais des Cygnes River reaches moderate flooding stage due to persistent heavy rains. Flooding continues into July. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | Wind gust of 60 mph reported. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | Quarter sized hail. Trees stripped of their leaves. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | Quarter sized hail and trees stripped of their leaves. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | Delayed report from I35. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | Location experienced about 12 minutes of golf ball to baseball sized hail. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | Three inch diameter limb snapped. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Neosho Rapids | - | Widespread wind damage from straight line thunderstorm winds|extended from southern Lyon county northeast into Osage county.|about 2 miles west of Neosho rapids, a train derailed as a result|of severe thunderstorm winds. Wind speeds at this point were|estimated to be 75-85 mph. About 3 miles northeast of the train,|a short lived tornado occurred producing ef-1 damage to a|farmstead north of Neosho rapids. More wind damage to trees and|Out buildings occurred northeast across Lyon county into Osage|County. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | Several large trees down including a 100 year old healthy elm tree snapped at the base of the tree trunk. Damage possibly the result of a tornado. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | Wind gusts estimated around 60 to 70 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | Several power poles were damaged. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | A trained spotter reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | Measured 60 mph wind gusts with 4 inch diameter limbs downed. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | 360 square foot metal doors blown onto the top of a shed. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Neosho Rapids | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lang | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Emporia Junction | 9.3 miles | 18 | |
| Emporia | 10.3 miles | 18 | |
| Reading | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Berkeley Hills | 11.1 miles | 18 | |
| Olpe | 11.9 miles | 16 | |
| Merrick | 13.6 miles | 18 |
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 Neosho Rapids | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q592502 | 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 477546. 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.








