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Plymell, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ivanhoe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67846. The Survey maps it on the Plymell quadrangle. It stands 2,877 feet above sea level.

Plymell within Finney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

11 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Plymell between 2015 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined7
Natural2
Debris and open burning2

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
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
21 June 2017Natural2.0 acresFinney County423
21 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFinney County420
20 June 2017Natural80 acresFinney County416
20 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFinney County192
27 February 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service124
16 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service756
10 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service743

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Finney County

Storms near this place

41 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plymell in 41 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 28 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 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
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Plymell1 hurt, $1,300,000This tornado started out moving southeast but then curved back to the southwest towards the end of it's life. It unfortunately went through a cattle dairy and killed over 200 head as a tremendous amount of tin churned through the air. There was one male that received injury when a door blew in. There were 8 pivot irrigation sprinklers damaged or destroyed, along with power poles, trees, roof and window damage.
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Plymell1 hurt, $240,000This tornado broke power poles, roofs on homes, destroyed two mobile homes, disintegrated a shed and destroyed a pivot sprinkler. One female was injured when she was looking out the window and was struck in the face by a piece of wood that crashed into the window.
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Plymell$240,000This tornado moved quickly into Haskell county at 746 PM (0046Z) but not before damaging three pivot irrigation sprinklers.
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Plymell$225,000This was a landspout that was occurring west of a bigger tornado that went through a cattle dairy. This landspout damaged 3 pivot irrigation sprinklers as it moved southwest.
June 1999LightningPlymell$82,500Lightning struck a home that was being constructed and burnt it to the ground.
April 2009HailPlymell$8,000The hail punched numerous holes in windows and damaged the blinds that were inside.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPlymell-The EM reported 28 high voltage transmission poles blown down.
May 2021HailPlymell-There were numerous hail stones the size of golf balls.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindPlymell-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
June 2016Heavy RainPlymell-Rainfall of 3.10 inches was observed.
April 2015HailPlymell-There was a lot of pea sized hail that covered the ground.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindPlymell-Tree limbs 4 inches in diameter were blown down by the high wind.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindPlymell-Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind.
April 2009HailPlymell-Winds were reported to be 70 mph at the time of the hail.
September 2009HailPlymell-A storm window on the west side of the house was broken out by the hail.
May 2006Tornado (F1)Plymell-This tornado crossed into Haskell county and produced damage to three pivot irrigation sprinklers.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPlymell-Two inch diameter tree limbs broken
March 2024HailPlymell-no account filed
February 2023HailPlymell-no account filed
August 2023HailPlymell-no account filed
May 2021HailPlymell-no account filed
May 2021HailPlymell-no account filed
July 2018HailPlymell-no account filed
May 2017HailPlymell-no account filed
October 2013HailPlymell-no account filed
August 2013HailPlymell-no account filed
August 2013HailPlymell-no account filed
April 2012HailPlymell-no account filed
May 2008HailPlymell-no account filed
August 2007HailPlymell-no account filed
August 2007HailPlymell-no account filed
July 2007HailPlymell-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindPlymell-no account filed
May 2006HailPlymell-no account filed
July 2006HailPlymell-no account filed
June 2005HailPlymell-no account filed
July 2004HailPlymell-no account filed
June 2002HailPlymell-no account filed
June 2002HailPlymell-no account filed
July 2000HailPlymell-no account filed
June 1995HailPlymell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Finney 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
Mansfield9.5 miles14
Garden City11.2 miles14
Pierceville11.3 miles12
Quinby12.7 miles14
Holcomb13.7 miles14
Rodkey15.1 miles10
Lowe16.7 miles10
Ritchal17.5 miles8

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 PlymellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14689888The 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 471647. 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.