Scranton, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Scranton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66537. The Survey maps it on the Carbondale quadrangle. 653 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
On record in Scranton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Banner Hereford Farmlisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresScranton fell from 710 to 653 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 | 710 | |
| 2020 | 653 | -57 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Burlingame quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlingame quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Carbondale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
57 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Scranton between 2015 and 2020, burning about 377 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Osage County | 249 |
| 4 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 191 |
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1800242 |
| 22 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 177 |
| 5 May 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 117 |
| 18 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 128 |
| 8 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 109 |
| 6 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1800105 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 72 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scranton in 72 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 40 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2005 | Flash Flood | Scranton | $100,000 | Rainfall of around 4 inches brought at least 6 inches of fast flowing water across rural roads just north of Scranton. Roads were barricaded. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Scranton | $60,000 | 165th street closed to wanamaker along west city limits due to fast flowing water over highway. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | $2,000 | Strong winds blew down power lines near Scranton. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | A personal weather station. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Power lines down on Highway 56. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Scranton | - | Nickel sized hail and 50 mph wind gusts reported. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | Scranton | - | Water over roadway at 56 highway and S. Topeka Avenue. Road closed at this location. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Delayed report of numerous tree limbs down, biggest around 2 to 3 feet in diameter. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Report of tree blown down. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Several reports of trees down around Carbondale, Overbrook, and Burlingame area. Time estimated based on radar. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60-65 mph. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Scranton | - | Hail lasted for three minutes. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Dead tree limbs down and power outages in town. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Scranton | - | Minor flooding was reported in Scranton. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Scranton | - | Several streets in Carbondale and across the county are flooded. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Trees up to 3 ft in diameter and several power lines down. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Scranton | - | Some streets barricaded due to running water. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Pea size hail also reported. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Scranton | - | Several reports of street flooding in Scranton. |
| March 2012 | Funnel Cloud | Scranton | - | Numerous chasers reported a brief cone funnel 2 miles south of Carbondale near the Highway 75 and 56 junction. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | This was a delayed report, discovered on social media. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Trained spotter estimated winds of 70 mph. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Scranton | - | Flooding caused the closure of 101st Street between Wanamaker and Burlingame Road. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Spotter reported debris and power flashes on the south side of Scranton. The town of Scranton was also left without power. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | Business Sign blown over. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Scranton | - | Softball size hail fell near Scranton. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Scranton | - | Runoff from heavy rain caused U.S. Highway 56 to be closed for a time near Scranton. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Scranton | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Scranton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Corners | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Carbondale | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mineral Springs | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Burlingame | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Peterton | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Swissvale | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Overbrook | 9.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lyndon Station | 10.1 miles | 15 |
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 Scranton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q51973 | 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 479457. 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.







