Pomona, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Pomona Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66076. The Survey maps it on the Pomona quadrangle. 884 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 961 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPomona grew from 832 to 884 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 832 | |
| 2020 | 884 | +52 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
61 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Pomona between 2015 and 2020, burning about 909 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2012019 |
| 19 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 216 |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 127 |
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Franklin County | 44 |
| 26 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 132 |
| 7 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 93 |
| 7 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 92 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
43 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pomona in 43 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Pomona | $30,000 | Water rescue occurring at 1200 block of Labette and Florida Roads. Water reported up to the passenger window of pickup truck. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | $5,000 | Strong winds blew the roof off a house. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | $2,000 | Strong winds downed trees and a power line in Pomona. A garage was blown off its foundation. |
| July 1997 | Lightning | Pomona | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | Measured gust from personal weather station. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Pomona | - | Hail occurred for around 30 minutes. Time estimated by radar. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Pomona | - | EM reports quarter sized hail at 4104 Delaware Rd near Pomona. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Pomona | - | Riley Road was closed between Delaware and Florida roads due to water across the road. A picture received from KSNT news showed water running across the road near Overbrook. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | Tree limbs were reported down, sizes were unknown. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Pomona | - | Colorado Road south of Pomona remains closed. Although, it appears it is starting to recede. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Pomona | - | Minor flooding was reported in Pomona. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | Power lines and trees down. No power in Pomona. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | Two public reports of large limbs down and estimated 50 to 60 mph gusts. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | Two public reports of large limbs down and estimated 50 to 60 mph gusts. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Pomona | - | This segment is the extension of the tornado that hit Quenemo in Osage county and weakened as it moved into Franklin County. Only sporadic tree damage was noted in Franklin County as the tornado weakened before dissipating. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | Wind speed estimated by Franklin County Emergency Manager. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Pomona | - | Water at least six inches deep was reported to be flowing over or standing on several roads in the town of Pomona. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | A barn was destroyed and a machine shed was damaged. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | Power lines and trees reported to have blown down in the Pomona area. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | Telephone poles and 4 to 5 inch tree limbs snapped. |
| May 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Pomona | - | A funnel cloud was sighted north of Pomona. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pomona | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Pomona | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richter | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ransomville | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Homewood | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Williamsburg | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Centropolis | 9.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ottawa | 9.8 miles | 19 | |
| Ottawa Junction | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| B N Junction | 10.1 miles | 19 |
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 Pomona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1971954 | 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 479638. 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.







