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Reno, Kansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Reno Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66086. It stands on Pony Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tonganoxie quadrangle.

Reno within Leavenworth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

120 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Reno between 2009 and 2020, burning about 2,601 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2
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
29 September 2020Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLeavenworth County226
5 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service129
14 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service111
11 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service94
5 April 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2018Debris and open burning10 acresKansas Forest Service63
29 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service79

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leavenworth County

Storms near this place

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Reno in 25 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
September 1993HailReno$500,000Severe storms repeatedly moved to the southwest of Reno producing up to baseball-size hail and 60 knot winds. Damage from the hail was estimated at $200,000 to homes and cars. Windows were also broken in Linwood where tennis ball-size hail was reported.
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Reno$400,000An Ef1 tornado touched down at 1735 CST near the intersection of 238th Street and Loring Street. The tornado crossed Interstate 70, and then remained nearly parallel to the Interstate, before lifting at 1750 CST, near the intersection of Metro Avenue and 190th Street. Two homes sustained major damage and several barns were destroyed. Numerous trees were uprooted and several outbuildings were damaged.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindReno-A 12 to 18 inch tree was down, blocking southbound lanes of US 24.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindReno-Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gust at this location.
August 2019Flash FloodReno-Six inches of water was flowing across Highway 24-40.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindReno-Emergency Management reported 60 mph wind.
August 2016HailReno-A storm chaser reported ping pong ball to tennis ball sized hail.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindReno-Large tree limbs were reported down in Reno. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindReno-Thunderstorm winds were estimated up to 60 mph.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindReno-A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph, was reported at the intersection of 246th Street and Dehoff Road.
April 2009Flash FloodReno-Heavy rains caused flooding to close Highway 24.
June 2017HailReno-no account filed
May 2017HailReno-no account filed
November 2016HailReno-no account filed
October 2014HailReno-no account filed
June 2011HailReno-no account filed
April 2010HailReno-no account filed
May 2010HailReno-no account filed
July 2010HailReno-no account filed
April 2009HailReno-no account filed
May 2009Flash FloodReno-no account filed
July 2008HailReno-no account filed
May 2008HailReno-no account filed
October 2007HailReno-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindReno-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leavenworth 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
Tonganoxie4.4 miles23
Fall Leaf5.3 miles21
Linwood5.5 miles23
Mahon9.3 miles36
Lenape9.7 miles22
Little Kaw10.6 miles36
Hoge10.7 miles35
Jarbalo10.8 miles22

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 RenoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17199075The 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 478843. 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.