Trading Post, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66075. It stands on Big Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasanton quadrangle.
On record in Trading Post
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
Marais des Cygnes Massacre SiteNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1887 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Mound City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Butler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
123 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Trading Post between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,108 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | SEED SACK |
| 19 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | 1700-69 |
| 16 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | GATLIN BALER |
| 23 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | DAVIS BRIDGE |
| 21 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 52 acres | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | LONE 20 EAST |
| 19 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | MINE CREEK CAMPFIRE |
| 16 June 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge | LOG JAM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trading Post in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trading Post | $5,000 | A roof was blown off a home. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trading Post | - | Estimated 65 mph wind gusts between Pleasanton and Trading Post. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trading Post | - | A stationary tractor-trailer was overturned at this location due to strong winds. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trading Post | - | Estimated 60 mph wind at the intersection of HWY 52 and HWY 69. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trading Post | - | A semi truck was blown into the ditch on Highway 69 at mile marker 109. Wind damage extends down to Pleasanton along Highway 69. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Trading Post | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Trading Post | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boicourt | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasanton | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| La Cygne Corner | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| La Cygne | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Linn Valley | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Farlinville | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Mound City | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Prescott | 12.8 miles | 15 |
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 Trading Post | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14689968 | 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 477932. 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.







