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Runnymede, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 6. It lies in ZIP code area 67058. The Survey maps it on the Danville quadrangle.

Runnymede within Harper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Runnymede between 2015 and 2018, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined3

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
15 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service201520
7 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service201819
21 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service201805

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harper County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Runnymede in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2009HailRunnymede$300,000A supercell moved southeast across northern and eastern portions of Harper county, producing a swath of golfball to baseball size hail and 60 to 70 mph winds from just east of Runnymede, southeast through the Danville and Freeport areas. A narrow swath of intense damage occurred, including uprooted trees, shattered car and building windows, at least three damaged irrigation systems, a damaged stock show trailer, structural and roof damage to several barns and homes, damage to various sheds and outbuildings, and devastating crop damage to soybeans, milo and corn. Additionally, a camper trailer was thrown into a field near Danville, and a railroad crossing was blown down just east of Danville. Property and crop monetary damage amounts are rough estimates. The Harper Advocate and Hutchinson News contributed to this narrative.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRunnymede-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts between 50 and 60 mph.
July 2025HailRunnymede-Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRunnymede-Power poles were reported down.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindRunnymede-A supercell moved southeast across northern and eastern portions of Harper county, producing a swath of golfball to baseball size hail and 60 to 70 mph winds from just east of Runnymede, southeast through the Danville and Freeport areas. A narrow swath of intense damage occurred, including uprooted trees, shattered car and building windows, at least three damaged irrigation systems, a damaged stock show trailer, structural and roof damage to several barns and homes, damage to various sheds and outbuildings, and devastating crop damage to soybeans, milo and corn. Additionally, a camper trailer was thrown into a field near Danville, and a railroad crossing was blown down just east of Danville. Property and crop damage monetary amounts incurred were $300 thousand and $1 million, respectively, but have been officially entered under the corresponding Hail Storm Data report. The Harper Advocate and Hutchinson News contributed to this narrative.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindRunnymede-Occurred for approximately 20 minutes. Damage?
March 2000HailRunnymede-Occurred along K-2 in northeast corner of county.
June 2019HailRunnymede-no account filed
June 2009HailRunnymede-no account filed
June 2009HailRunnymede-no account filed
June 2009HailRunnymede-no account filed
June 2004HailRunnymede-no account filed
September 2002HailRunnymede-no account filed
June 1998HailRunnymede-no account filed
June 1997HailRunnymede-no account filed
June 1997HailRunnymede-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindRunnymede-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harper 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
Danville5.2 miles19
Harper7.0 miles15
Duquoin7.8 miles15
Freeport11.5 miles19
Crystal Springs12.7 miles15
Anthony15.0 miles16
Hawk17.0 miles19
Attica17.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484507. 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.