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Pomeroy, Kansas

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Kansas City City. It lies in ZIP code area 66109. It lies near Malone Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Wolcott quadrangle.

Pomeroy within Wyandotte County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 37 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

86 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Pomeroy between 2015 and 2020, burning about 357 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined52
Smoking9
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service23901
18 September 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service23365
4 August 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service19062
4 August 2018Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service19080
4 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service19061
16 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service5017785
14 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service5017647
9 July 2015Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service5014654

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyandotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Pomeroy: 14 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Builders #1 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Daniel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hevalow & Shields QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyandotte County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomeroy in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009Flash FloodPomeroy$5,000People had to be rescued from their cars, at 14th Street and Washington Avenue. Cars were reported to have been nearly submerged, by the flood waters.
March 2026HailPomeroy-Social media report with photo of 3 inch hail south of Leavenworth Road.
March 2024HailPomeroy-Golf ball sized hail reported east of the Legends.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindPomeroy-Downed tree and wires near 73rd Terrace.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindPomeroy-Two to three inch tree limbs down at this location.
July 2008Heavy RainPomeroy-Storm total of 6.50 inches, was measured at 57th and Leavenworth Road.
April 2016HailPomeroy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wyandotte 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
Loma Vista1.5 miles37
Beverly Hills1.6 miles40
Bethel1.7 miles37
Vinewood1.7 miles37
Wolcott2.6 miles37
Nearman3.4 miles40
Welborn3.7 miles40
Maywood4.4 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478585. 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.