Pearl, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Logan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67431. The Survey maps it on the Navarre quadrangle.
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 Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Navarre quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Pearl between 2015 and 2018, burning about 211 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Dickinson County | 18 |
| 16 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 13 |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 3637 |
| 17 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 4136 |
| 1 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Dickinson County | 3513 |
| 8 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 4 |
| 19 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 150006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pearl: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbine Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearl in 8 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Pearl | - | Report of ping pong ball size hail. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearl | - | Estimated wind gusts. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearl | - | Tree limbs 3 to 4 inches in diameter blown down, and dime to penny sized hail. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Pearl | - | According to EM who was following the tornado, it stayed in rural areas of Dickinson county damaging trees and power lines. The damage track was sporadic indicating that the circulation may have lifted briefly along its path. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearl | - | A wooden ticket booth at the ballpark was blown over, and 3 inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Pearl | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Pearl | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pearl | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navarre | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Enterprise | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Woodbine | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lyona | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Detroit | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Shady Brook | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Chapman | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Abilene | 10.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484794. 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.






