Tecumseh, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Tecumseh Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66542. It stands on Stinson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grantville quadrangle. 696 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
On record in Tecumseh
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
Hopkins Houselisted 2009
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 22 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 Topeka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Grantville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Grantville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Grantville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
309 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Tecumseh between 2006 and 2020, burning about 968 acres in total. None started naturally. 49 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/undetermined | 138 |
| Debris and open burning | 92 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee County | 15240 |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 16182 |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Shawnee County | 127 |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee County | 951 |
| 22 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 17446 |
| 21 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Shawnee County | 938 |
| 20 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 14591 |
| 16 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee County | 15765 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tecumseh: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Topeka Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tecumseh in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 10 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Lightning | Tecumseh | $150,000 | Lightning struck a house and ignited a fire that did extensive damage to the structure. No one was injured. |
| June 1996 | Flash Flood | Tecumseh | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Tree damage reported. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Report from mping of three inch tree limbs down and power poles broken. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Report from mping. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | Report received from mping. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Tecumseh | - | Report of water over the roadway at the intersection of Highway 40 and Shawnee Heights Road. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Tecumseh | - | Report from an NWS Employee of water 6 inches deep flowing across SE Shawnee Heights Road near the intersection of Highway 40. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Tree limbs 2 to 4 inches in diameter down. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | Photo via social media. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Reports of roof damage to homes. Also widespread reports of trees and power lines down across the county from the emergency manager. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Half of roof blown off house with many trees blown down. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | Many trees down along second street from Croco Rd to Tecumseh. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| February 2002 | Hail | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Flash Flood | Tecumseh | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tecumseh | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Belmont | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Oakland | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| Watson | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Highland Park | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Lindbloom Park | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| North Topeka | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Topeka | 5.2 miles | 21 |
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 Tecumseh | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7692894 | 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 478796. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








