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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1896 USGS Garden quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Plymell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2015Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Finney County | 423 |
| 21 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Finney County | 420 |
| 20 June 2017 | Natural | 80 acres | Finney County | 416 |
| 20 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Finney County | 192 |
| 27 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 124 |
| 16 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 756 |
| 10 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 743 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
41 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Plymell | 1 hurt, $1,300,000 | This 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 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Plymell | 1 hurt, $240,000 | This 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 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Plymell | $240,000 | This tornado moved quickly into Haskell county at 746 PM (0046Z) but not before damaging three pivot irrigation sprinklers. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Plymell | $225,000 | This 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 1999 | Lightning | Plymell | $82,500 | Lightning struck a home that was being constructed and burnt it to the ground. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Plymell | $8,000 | The hail punched numerous holes in windows and damaged the blinds that were inside. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymell | - | The EM reported 28 high voltage transmission poles blown down. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Plymell | - | There were numerous hail stones the size of golf balls. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymell | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| June 2016 | Heavy Rain | Plymell | - | Rainfall of 3.10 inches was observed. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Plymell | - | There was a lot of pea sized hail that covered the ground. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymell | - | Tree limbs 4 inches in diameter were blown down by the high wind. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymell | - | Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Plymell | - | Winds were reported to be 70 mph at the time of the hail. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Plymell | - | A storm window on the west side of the house was broken out by the hail. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Plymell | - | This tornado crossed into Haskell county and produced damage to three pivot irrigation sprinklers. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymell | - | Two inch diameter tree limbs broken |
| March 2024 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| February 2023 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Plymell | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Plymell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mansfield | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Garden City | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pierceville | 11.3 miles | 12 | |
| Quinby | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Holcomb | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| Rodkey | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lowe | 16.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ritchal | 17.5 miles | 8 |
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 Plymell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14689888 | 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 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.






