Toulon, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big Creek Township. The Survey maps it on the Victoria quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1896 USGS Hays quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Victoria quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hays quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Toulon between 2015 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0153 |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1635 |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1597 |
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ellis County | 1566 |
| 31 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ellis County | 1498 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1309 |
| 4 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1310 |
| 4 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ellis County | 1164 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toulon in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Heavy Rain | Toulon | - | Rainfall of 4.00 inches was reported. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Toulon | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484728. 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.





