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Plymouth, Kansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Pike Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66801. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plymouth quadrangle.

Plymouth within Lyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

25 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Plymouth between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,456 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
11 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresFlint Hills National Wildlife RefugeEMPOR AST
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2300
30 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKansas Forest Service1797
23 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKansas Forest Service1538
5 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service1500031
4 April 2015Debris and open burning27 acresKansas Forest Service25
10 April 2015Debris and open burning40 acresKansas Forest Service27
6 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lyon County

Storms near this place

47 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plymouth in 47 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 35 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2015Flash FloodPlymouth1 killedFlooding over the Kansas turnpike at mile marker 118. This shut down the northbound lanes. A 21 year old male driver hydroplaned and lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle left the road and was then swept downstream by the flood waters. He was not able to survive.
May 2024HailPlymouth-Half dollar size hail, photo sent in from radio listener.
April 2023HailPlymouth-Half dollar sized hail reported.
April 2023HailPlymouth-Golf ball sized hail reported.
June 2023HailPlymouth-Quarter sized hail reported.
June 2022HailPlymouth-Quarter sized hail reported.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Barn damaged, trees down, dog house destroyed.
September 2022HailPlymouth-Hail covering the deck, up to the size of quarters.
September 2022HailPlymouth-Hen egg sized hail reported.
September 2022HailPlymouth-Quarter size hail reported, winds at 40 mph.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Numerous tree limbs blown down and a few small trees up to 6 inches in diameter uprooted.
March 2021HailPlymouth-A spotter reported quarter size hail.
May 2021HailPlymouth-Nickel size hail reported. Time estimated based on radar.
December 2021HailPlymouth-Softball sized hail reported at mile marker 137 on I-35.
May 2020HailPlymouth-Quarter size hail reported.
May 2019Flash FloodPlymouth-Road 240 was closed due to water across the road.
May 2019Flash FloodPlymouth-Numerous roads were closed across the county.
May 2017HailPlymouth-The report was received via social media.
May 2017HailPlymouth-Reported on the Kansas Turnpike at the Lyon County line.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Wind gust was estimated on the Kansas Turnpike at the Lyon County line.
May 2014HailPlymouth-Photo from social media.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Three inch tree limbs blown down. Time estimated from radar.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Tree 2 ft in diameter and limbs up to 10 inches are down. Report from social media...time estimated from radar.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Wind gusts estimated.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPlymouth-Reports of roof damage, small sheds, and barns destroyed. A roof was also removed from a home in the Americus area.
April 2010HailPlymouth-The hail was reported at the junction of Road C and 240.
July 2010Flash FloodPlymouth-Water was reported running across Americus Road, just north of Americus.
April 2010Flash FloodPlymouth-Road 240 was flooded up to 2 feet deep and was barricaded.
July 2020HailPlymouth-no account filed
August 2018HailPlymouth-no account filed
March 2017HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2017HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2014HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2014HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2014HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 2014HailPlymouth-no account filed
August 2013HailPlymouth-no account filed
April 2013HailPlymouth-no account filed
April 2013HailPlymouth-no account filed
April 2013HailPlymouth-no account filed
April 2011HailPlymouth-no account filed
April 2011HailPlymouth-no account filed
April 2011HailPlymouth-no account filed
April 2010HailPlymouth-no account filed
July 2009HailPlymouth-no account filed
June 2009HailPlymouth-no account filed
May 1998HailPlymouth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lyon 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
Merrick4.7 miles18
Americus7.4 miles15
Berkeley Hills7.5 miles18
Emporia8.0 miles18
Emporia Junction9.1 miles18
Lang13.6 miles17
Olpe13.6 miles16
Bushong16.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 477277. 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.