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Toronto, Kansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Toronto Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66777. It lies near Snag Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Toronto quadrangle. 206 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.

Toronto within Woodson County

Population over time

2 figures

Toronto fell from 281 to 206 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.

YearPeople Change
2010281
2020206-75 (-27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

24 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Toronto between 2001 and 2018, burning about 735 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2003Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresWoodson Countynot named
4 August 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresWoodson Countynot named
3 August 2003Naturalunder an acreWoodson Countynot named
2 July 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresWoodson Countynot named
5 April 2003Recreation and ceremony30 acresWoodson Countynot named
4 April 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWoodson Countynot named
26 April 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresWoodson Countynot named
23 April 2001Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWoodson Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Woodson County

Storms near this place

35 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toronto in 35 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
May 2003Tornado (F3)Toronto3 hurt, $2,500,000Damage summary: Toronto: Outbuildings destroyed. 1N Toronto: Trees & limbs downed. 1W Batesville: Large trees uprooted and sheared off, sheet metal in trees, old wood shed destroyed. 1N Batesville: Oil tank 12-15 feet high toppled (leaked profusely), power pole blown over. 2NE Batesville: House destroyed, 2 vehicles heavily damaged, pair of 2-3 foot diameter trees stripped 4 feet off ground. 3-4NE Batesville: Cattle barn & garage destroyed, windows blown out of house, large pick-up truck rolled onto side. 1N Yates Center: House & barn destroyed on Highway 75, horse trailer flipped over, large trees uprooted or snapped off at bases, broke or toppled 70 grave markers at the cemetery. 1NW Yates Center: Two-story house and 3 barns destroyed, trees completely shreaded. Yates Center: Five homes destroyed and 30 damaged. Two of the three injuries occurred at one residence with both requiring transport to a hospital. Forty-five miles of fence damaged. Stored hay contaminated by embedding of wiring and nails. Estimated crop losses: Corn: 300 acres. Wheat: 100 acres. Pasture: 1312 acres. Hay: 655 acres. Of the estimated $2.5 million damage, $1.506 million inflicted upon farming facilities. Farming facility damage breakdown: Dwellings and Service Buildings: $900,000; Structures: $6,000; Machinery & equipment: $600,000. USDA Flash Situation Report contributed greatly to this narrative. This tornado would cross just barely into extreme Northwest Allen County.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindToronto$5,000Report of 4 to 6 inch tree limbs blown down. Time is estimated by radar.
September 2009Flash FloodToronto$100Highway 105 was closed in and around Toronto due to water over the road.
March 2021Heavy RainToronto-This is a 72 hour rainfall total.
July 2021Heavy RainToronto-This was a 24 hour rain total of 4.82 inches.
July 2021Heavy RainToronto-This was a 24 hour rain total of 5.52 inches.
September 2021Heavy RainToronto-A mesonet reported 4.38 inches.
May 2019Flash FloodToronto-U.S. Highway 54 was closed in this area.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindToronto-High winds were reported at the intersection of highways 54 and 105. One half inch hail was also reported.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindToronto-Winds were estimated by a trained spotter.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindToronto-Estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindToronto-Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindToronto-Pea to marble size hail also occurred with the wind.
April 2023HailToronto-no account filed
May 2016HailToronto-no account filed
April 2014HailToronto-no account filed
April 2013HailToronto-no account filed
June 2011HailToronto-no account filed
February 2011HailToronto-no account filed
February 2011HailToronto-no account filed
April 2009HailToronto-no account filed
May 2008HailToronto-no account filed
August 2006HailToronto-no account filed
June 2005HailToronto-no account filed
November 2005HailToronto-no account filed
July 2004HailToronto-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindToronto-no account filed
May 2001HailToronto-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindToronto-no account filed
June 2001Thunderstorm WindToronto-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindToronto-no account filed
June 1998HailToronto-no account filed
February 1998HailToronto-no account filed
April 1996HailToronto-no account filed
April 1996HailToronto-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Woodson 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
Batesville4.9 miles17
Yates Center12.8 miles18
Rose13.9 miles17
Durand15.0 miles18
Hasty16.8 miles18
Cookville19.0 miles17
North Ridge (historical)19.2 miles21
Athens19.3 miles17

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 TorontoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2666611The 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 474672. 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.