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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1886 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Tonganoxie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Tonganoxie quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 2009Regional 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 burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 226 |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 129 |
| 14 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 111 |
| 11 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 94 |
| 5 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 63 |
| 29 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 79 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Hail | Reno | $500,000 | Severe 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 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Reno | $400,000 | An 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reno | - | A 12 to 18 inch tree was down, blocking southbound lanes of US 24. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reno | - | Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gust at this location. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Reno | - | Six inches of water was flowing across Highway 24-40. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reno | - | Emergency Management reported 60 mph wind. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Reno | - | A storm chaser reported ping pong ball to tennis ball sized hail. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reno | - | Large tree limbs were reported down in Reno. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reno | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reno | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 70 mph, was reported at the intersection of 246th Street and Dehoff Road. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Reno | - | Heavy rains caused flooding to close Highway 24. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| November 2016 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Reno | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Reno | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Reno | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tonganoxie | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Fall Leaf | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Linwood | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Mahon | 9.3 miles | 36 | |
| Lenape | 9.7 miles | 22 | |
| Little Kaw | 10.6 miles | 36 | |
| Hoge | 10.7 miles | 35 | |
| Jarbalo | 10.8 miles | 22 |
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 Reno | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17199075 | 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 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.








