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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.

Tecumseh within Shawnee County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

309 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined138
Debris and open burning92
Arson/incendiarism49
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee County15240
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service16182
29 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresShawnee County127
25 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee County951
22 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service17446
21 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresShawnee County938
20 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service14591
16 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreShawnee County15765

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shawnee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Topeka Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Shawnee County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2001LightningTecumseh$150,000Lightning struck a house and ignited a fire that did extensive damage to the structure. No one was injured.
June 1996Flash FloodTecumseh$5,000no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Tree damage reported.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Report from mping of three inch tree limbs down and power poles broken.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Report from mping.
April 2020HailTecumseh-Report received from mping.
July 2020Flash FloodTecumseh-Report of water over the roadway at the intersection of Highway 40 and Shawnee Heights Road.
July 2020Flash FloodTecumseh-Report from an NWS Employee of water 6 inches deep flowing across SE Shawnee Heights Road near the intersection of Highway 40.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Tree limbs 2 to 4 inches in diameter down. Time estimated from radar.
May 2013HailTecumseh-Photo via social media.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Reports of roof damage to homes. Also widespread reports of trees and power lines down across the county from the emergency manager.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Half of roof blown off house with many trees blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-Many trees down along second street from Croco Rd to Tecumseh.
May 2014HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2014HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2013HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2011HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2011HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2011HailTecumseh-no account filed
May 2005HailTecumseh-no account filed
February 2002HailTecumseh-no account filed
April 2001Flash FloodTecumseh-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindTecumseh-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shawnee 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
Spencer2.6 miles22
Belmont2.9 miles21
Oakland3.3 miles21
Watson4.3 miles16
Highland Park4.8 miles21
Lindbloom Park4.9 miles16
North Topeka4.9 miles21
Topeka5.2 miles21

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 TecumsehAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7692894The 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.