Perth, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Downs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67152. The Survey maps it on the Perth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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 Caldwell quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:125000, 10 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Perth quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Perth between 2015 and 2019, burning about 98 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1529 |
| 4 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1610 |
| 24 March 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1815 |
| 25 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Sumner County | 1706 |
| 31 December 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 30311 |
| 29 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 21213 |
| 15 October 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 897 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
48 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Perth in 48 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 32 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Perth | $1,850,000 | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | $20,000 | Two 40-foot galvanized aluminum grain bins were blown over. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | $10,000 | Several power poles were downed. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Perth | $100 | A skywarn spotter reported Kansas Highway 81 and 90th Street south were impassible. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Perth | - | Brief tornado touchdown in an open field. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | A trained spotter reported the gust. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Perth | - | Reported by a KAKE TV storm chaser. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | Reported by a KAKE TV storm chaser. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Perth | - | The hail was mostly pea size but a few were as large as quarter size. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | Heavy amounts of dime size hail occurred with the wind. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Perth | - | The hail occurred with 60 mph winds. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Perth | - | A brief tornado in open country that caused no damage. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Perth | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corbin | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Rome | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mayfield | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Roland | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wellington | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Drury | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| South Haven | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Milan | 10.7 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 470305. 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.






