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Pauline, Kansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Topeka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66609. The Survey maps it on the Wakarusa quadrangle.

Pauline within Shawnee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

264 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Pauline between 2006 and 2020, burning about 333 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined106
Debris and open burning91
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee County15043
3 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee Countynot named
29 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresShawnee County127
29 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service15109
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service17228
15 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service1024
9 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service12266
4 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service14133

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawnee County

Storms near this place

50 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pauline in 50 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 24 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
August 2012Thunderstorm WindPauline1 hurt, $100,000A significant downburst occurred near Forbes Field in South Topeka causing damage and power outages. The ASOS at Forbes Field measured a 79 mph wind gust while several residents and city officials also reported 70 to 80 mph winds. Several large trees were either uprooted or broken, and several street signs were damaged from this wind. The most significant damage occurred on US 75 where two tractor-trailers were overturned due to the high winds. Both big rigs struck other vehicles in the accident. One of the drivers of the two overturned trucks had to be extricated from the vehicle and sustained serious injuries.
June 2008LightningPauline1 hurtA woman went out for a walk just before ten in the morning , right after the rain associated with severe thunderstorm ended. She stopped in her yard to pick a weed. Meanwhile, a lightning bolt struck the house across the street, and was felt by her. The bolt left a hole in the roof of the home, and blew several shingles onto the ground. The woman had an elevated blood pressure, and was taken to a local hospital. She was sore for several days after the strike.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindPauline$30,000Strong winds damaged trees, a barn and overturned two mobile homes. A garage was damaged and huge round bales of hay were rolled across a field.
April 2026Flash FloodPauline$20,000Motorists were rescued when their vehicle stalled in over a foot of water on Topeka Blvd.
April 2026Flash FloodPauline$5,000Water was flowing over the road coming out of a residential area.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindPauline$3,000Strong winds downed power lines near Pauline.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindPauline-NWS employee estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPauline-KDOT mesonet station.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPauline-Large tree limbs down, damage to trees via social media.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPauline-Eight inch tree limb down, damage to large cottonwood tree with various limbs down near 45th and Gage Blvd.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPauline-Several power poles broken and lines down. Report via social media.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPauline-Social media report. Large tree branches broken, including one a foot in diameter that knocked down a power line.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPauline-Tree limb about 12 inches in diameter blown down.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindPauline-Tree limbs 3 inches in diameter broken, power poles broken.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindPauline-Mesonet station k5006 I-470 bridge over US-75.
April 2020HailPauline-Quarter sized hail reported.
April 2020HailPauline-Public report via mping.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindPauline-Estimated wind gust.
June 2016HailPauline-Mainly nickel size hail with a few quarter size mixed in.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPauline-Wind gusts estimated.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindPauline-Extensive tree damage near French middle school and south of 29th and Fairlawn rd.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindPauline-Wind gusts estimated.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindPauline-Tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter down.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindPauline-Tree limbs down up to 2 inch in diameter from estimated winds of 60 mph.
May 2013HailPauline-Photo via social media measured 2 inches.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPauline-Reports of 4 inch diameter tree limbs down with half inch sized hail.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Pauline-A well defined rotating wall cloud produced a visible funnel cloud. The circulation associated with the funnel cloud briefly reached the ground and produced damage along a 1.2 mile long path producing EF0 damage along the way.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindPauline-A trained spotter reported an estimated 65 mph wind gust.
July 2009HailPauline-The hail covered the ground.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindPauline-Several trees damaged by severe thunderstorm winds.
April 2026HailPauline-no account filed
April 2026HailPauline-no account filed
April 2026HailPauline-no account filed
July 2019HailPauline-no account filed
August 2019HailPauline-no account filed
August 2019HailPauline-no account filed
August 2019HailPauline-no account filed
May 2017HailPauline-no account filed
April 2014HailPauline-no account filed
May 2014HailPauline-no account filed
May 2014HailPauline-no account filed
May 2013HailPauline-no account filed
August 2012HailPauline-no account filed
June 2011HailPauline-no account filed
April 2010HailPauline-no account filed
March 2009HailPauline-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPauline-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindPauline-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindPauline-no account filed
May 1997HailPauline-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shawnee 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
Terra Heights1.0 miles18
Cullen Village1.6 miles18
Mathews Park3.1 miles18
Berryton3.5 miles18
Lindbloom Park3.9 miles16
Highland Park4.5 miles21
Wakarusa5.4 miles18
Topeka5.9 miles21

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 PaulineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7154971The 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 479073. 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.