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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.

Pomona within Franklin County

Population over time

2 figures

Pomona 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.

YearPeople Change
2010832
2020884+52 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

61 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
20 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2012019
19 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresKansas Forest Service216
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
29 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service127
28 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFranklin County44
26 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service132
7 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service93
7 April 2018Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresKansas Forest Service92

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

43 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Flash FloodPomona$30,000Water rescue occurring at 1200 block of Labette and Florida Roads. Water reported up to the passenger window of pickup truck.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindPomona$5,000Strong winds blew the roof off a house.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindPomona$2,000Strong winds downed trees and a power line in Pomona. A garage was blown off its foundation.
July 1997LightningPomona$2,000no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPomona-Measured gust from personal weather station.
July 2024HailPomona-Hail occurred for around 30 minutes. Time estimated by radar.
December 2021HailPomona-EM reports quarter sized hail at 4104 Delaware Rd near Pomona.
April 2019Flash FloodPomona-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 2019Thunderstorm WindPomona-Tree limbs were reported down, sizes were unknown.
April 2016FloodPomona-Colorado Road south of Pomona remains closed. Although, it appears it is starting to recede.
May 2015FloodPomona-Minor flooding was reported in Pomona.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPomona-Power lines and trees down. No power in Pomona.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPomona-Two public reports of large limbs down and estimated 50 to 60 mph gusts. Time estimated from radar.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindPomona-Two public reports of large limbs down and estimated 50 to 60 mph gusts. Time estimated from radar.
May 2011Tornado (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 2009Thunderstorm WindPomona-Wind speed estimated by Franklin County Emergency Manager.
June 2008Flash FloodPomona-Water at least six inches deep was reported to be flowing over or standing on several roads in the town of Pomona.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPomona-A barn was destroyed and a machine shed was damaged.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindPomona-Power lines and trees reported to have blown down in the Pomona area.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPomona-Telephone poles and 4 to 5 inch tree limbs snapped.
May 2004Funnel CloudPomona-A funnel cloud was sighted north of Pomona.
April 2026HailPomona-no account filed
June 2013HailPomona-no account filed
August 2009HailPomona-no account filed
May 2009HailPomona-no account filed
May 2009HailPomona-no account filed
May 2009HailPomona-no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindPomona-no account filed
August 2006HailPomona-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPomona-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindPomona-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPomona-no account filed
June 2005HailPomona-no account filed
June 2005HailPomona-no account filed
August 2004HailPomona-no account filed
May 2003HailPomona-no account filed
March 2002HailPomona-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindPomona-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindPomona-no account filed
August 2000HailPomona-no account filed
June 1998HailPomona-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindPomona-no account filed
June 1996HailPomona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Richter3.9 miles17
Ransomville7.2 miles17
Homewood7.5 miles17
Williamsburg8.9 miles18
Centropolis9.2 miles18
Ottawa9.8 miles19
Ottawa Junction9.8 miles18
B N Junction10.1 miles19

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 PomonaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1971954The 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.