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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1888 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Plymouth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Emporia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Plymouth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge | EMPOR AST |
| 4 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2300 |
| 30 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1797 |
| 23 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1538 |
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1500031 |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
| 10 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 27 |
| 6 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
47 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Plymouth | 1 killed | Flooding 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 2024 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Half dollar size hail, photo sent in from radio listener. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Half dollar sized hail reported. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymouth | - | Barn damaged, trees down, dog house destroyed. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Hail covering the deck, up to the size of quarters. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Hen egg sized hail reported. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Quarter size hail reported, winds at 40 mph. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymouth | - | Numerous tree limbs blown down and a few small trees up to 6 inches in diameter uprooted. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Plymouth | - | A spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Nickel size hail reported. Time estimated based on radar. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Softball sized hail reported at mile marker 137 on I-35. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Quarter size hail reported. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Plymouth | - | Road 240 was closed due to water across the road. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Plymouth | - | Numerous roads were closed across the county. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Plymouth | - | The report was received via social media. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Reported on the Kansas Turnpike at the Lyon County line. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymouth | - | Wind gust was estimated on the Kansas Turnpike at the Lyon County line. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Plymouth | - | Photo from social media. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymouth | - | Three inch tree limbs blown down. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymouth | - | Tree 2 ft in diameter and limbs up to 10 inches are down. Report from social media...time estimated from radar. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymouth | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Plymouth | - | Reports of roof damage, small sheds, and barns destroyed. A roof was also removed from a home in the Americus area. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Plymouth | - | The hail was reported at the junction of Road C and 240. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Plymouth | - | Water was reported running across Americus Road, just north of Americus. |
| April 2010 | Flash Flood | Plymouth | - | Road 240 was flooded up to 2 feet deep and was barricaded. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Plymouth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrick | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Americus | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Berkeley Hills | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Emporia | 8.0 miles | 18 | |
| Emporia Junction | 9.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lang | 13.6 miles | 17 | |
| Olpe | 13.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bushong | 16.3 miles | 16 |
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.






