Oak Mills, Kansas
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66002. It stands on Little Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Mills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1886 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1948 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Oak Mills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Oak Mills between 2015 and 2018, burning about 718 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 93 |
| 15 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Leavenworth County | 81 |
| 17 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 667 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176765-00000-04172018-1710 |
| 12 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 70 |
| 7 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Leavenworth County | 42 |
| 7 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 32 |
| 6 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Atchison County | 170216 |
| 4 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Leavenworth County | 40 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Oak Mills: 12 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bramble Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Iatan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Rose Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stephens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Mills in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2021: 3 flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | Oak Mills | $100,000 | The gauge in Leavenworth, Kansas reached 31.30 feet (2nd place at the time). Some resources were secured or moved off the base at Fort Leavenworth since some of the base was covered with water. The river remained in flood into the middle part of May. Note: The dollar value assigned to the damages is likely not accurate, as the full extent of the damage is unknown. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oak Mills | - | ASOS site at KOJC recorded a 58 mph wind gust. |
| April 2019 | Flood | Oak Mills | - | Water was curb to curb on Ridgeview Road, just south of Santa Fe St. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Oak Mills | - | The Missouri River at Leavenworth crested at 26.82 feet, or 6.82 feet above flood stage. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Oak Mills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Williams | 1.4 miles | 26 | |
| Dalbey | 5.0 miles | 26 | |
| Saint Pats | 6.3 miles | 26 | |
| Potter | 7.1 miles | 21 | |
| Atchison | 10.0 miles | 32 | |
| Hawthorne | 11.0 miles | 21 | |
| Parnell | 11.2 miles | 27 | |
| Cummings | 12.6 miles | 21 |
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 Oak Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199046 | 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 478274. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.










