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.
Population over time
2 figuresToronto 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 281 | |
| 2020 | 206 | -75 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1886 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Toronto quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Chanute quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 2001Regional 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 ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 4 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 3 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Woodson County | not named |
| 2 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 5 April 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 4 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 26 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
| 23 April 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Woodson County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F3) | Toronto | 3 hurt, $2,500,000 | Damage 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | $5,000 | Report of 4 to 6 inch tree limbs blown down. Time is estimated by radar. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Toronto | $100 | Highway 105 was closed in and around Toronto due to water over the road. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Toronto | - | This is a 72 hour rainfall total. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Toronto | - | This was a 24 hour rain total of 4.82 inches. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Toronto | - | This was a 24 hour rain total of 5.52 inches. |
| September 2021 | Heavy Rain | Toronto | - | A mesonet reported 4.38 inches. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Toronto | - | U.S. Highway 54 was closed in this area. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | High winds were reported at the intersection of highways 54 and 105. One half inch hail was also reported. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | Winds were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | Pea to marble size hail also occurred with the wind. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Toronto | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Toronto | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batesville | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Yates Center | 12.8 miles | 18 | |
| Rose | 13.9 miles | 17 | |
| Durand | 15.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hasty | 16.8 miles | 18 | |
| Cookville | 19.0 miles | 17 | |
| North Ridge (historical) | 19.2 miles | 21 | |
| Athens | 19.3 miles | 17 |
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 Toronto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2666611 | 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 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.









