Piedmont, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Otter Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67122. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont quadrangle. 52 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,227 feet above sea level.
On record in Piedmont
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- North Branch Otter Creek Bridgelisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Piedmont quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Piedmont between 2002 and 2018, burning about 11,181 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 | 14 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,600 acres | Greenwood County | P RD AND 10TH |
| 31 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 acres | Greenwood County | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500042 |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 68 |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 72 |
| 23 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 54 |
| 23 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 57 |
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 51 |
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 Piedmont: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piedmont Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piedmont in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 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 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Piedmont | $20,000 | Semi blown off highway. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | $8,000 | The roof of a barn was blown off, and trees of undetermined size were damaged. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | There were several trees uprooted near Piedmont along US 400. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Piedmont | - | The hail ranged from dime to quarter size. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | A trained spotter reported the gust. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Piedmont | - | The ground was covered with quarter sized hail. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | Law enforcement reported the gust. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | An amateur radio volunteer reported the gust. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | Large limbs downed. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Piedmont | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Piedmont | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blodgett | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Severy | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Climax | 10.0 miles | 19 | |
| Landergin (historical) | 11.5 miles | 14 | |
| Belleview (historical) | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Reece | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Eureka | 14.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sallyards | 15.6 miles | 14 |
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 Piedmont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7191480 | 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 475057. 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.







