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Thompsonville, Kansas

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Kentucky Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66073. It stands on Slough Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle.

Thompsonville within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

59 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Thompsonville between 2003 and 2018, burning about 294 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Debris and open burning13
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service213
14 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresKansas Forest Service132
7 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service75
5 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJefferson Countynot named
4 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2018125
7 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service35
5 April 2018Debris and open burning45 acresKansas Forest Service67
5 April 2018Debris and open burning15 acresKansas Forest Service66

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Thompsonville: 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
Hamm PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thompsonville in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1996Tornado (F1)Thompsonville$600,000no account filed
June 2004HailThompsonville$8,000Large hail damaged houses and crops near Thompsonville.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Estimated wind gust by NWS employee.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Estimated wind gust with low visibility in heavy rain.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Fire chief estimated 85 mph winds. Signs blown off posts with zero visibility in driving rain.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Fire chief estimated 85 mph winds. Signs blown off posts with zero visibility in driving rain.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Report of a 70 mph wind gust.
May 2022Flash FloodThompsonville-Bridge closed due to flash flood damage.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Report of 60 mph wind gust.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-An NWS storm survey found damage to a large farm outbuilding including partial roof and wall collapse on the structure. The survey concluded that downburst winds or 90 to 100 mph caused the damage.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-EM reported 80 mph wind gust.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Several docks and boats with damage at Perry Marina.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Wind gust to around 70 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Stop sign blown down estimated winds to around 70 mph.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-Estimated wind gust of 80 MPH near K-24 and 237 Road.
June 2017HailThompsonville-no account filed
May 2014HailThompsonville-no account filed
June 2011HailThompsonville-no account filed
September 2010HailThompsonville-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindThompsonville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Medina2.0 miles24
Newman2.4 miles24
Perry3.0 miles24
Lake Ridge4.6 miles22
Lakeside Village4.9 miles22
Hilldale South5.3 miles22
Hilldale5.7 miles22
Williamstown6.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478813. 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.