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Uniontown, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66779. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Uniontown quadrangle. 293 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 896 feet above sea level.

Uniontown within Bourbon County

Population over time

2 figures

Uniontown grew from 272 to 293 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
2010272
2020293+21 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

26 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Uniontown between 2015 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning14
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
19 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service228
8 April 2020Recreation and ceremony80 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
19 April 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service158
14 April 2017Debris and open burning10 acresBourbon County124
10 April 2020Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
8 March 2018Debris and open burning15 acresKansas Forest Service64
3 March 2018Debris and open burning80 acresKansas Forest Service55
3 March 2018Debris and open burning20 acresKansas Forest Service56

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bourbon County

Storms near this place

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uniontown in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Uniontown$50,000A NWS storm survey determined that a weak EF-0 tornado occurred, with a path length of 3.12 miles and a width of 75 yards. Maximum wind speeds of 85 mph led to siding damage on a home, five outbuildings damaged or destroyed, and a number of trees either uprooted or having large limbs snapped.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindUniontown$50,000Siding and shingles were blown off a few homes. A few homes had roof damage. A few outbuildings and detached garages were destroyed. This report was around the Uniontown area.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindUniontown$35,000Severe thunderstorm winds associated with a gust front, blowing from north to south, blew a tractor trailer over on Highway 54 west of Uniontown and downed several power lines in town. Highway 54 runs east to west and is perpendicular to the severe wind gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindUniontown$25,000High winds were strong enough to roll round bales of hay and down several power lines.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindUniontown$5,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindUniontown-The Mesonet site 3NW of Uniontown recorded a wind gust of 58mph.
April 2024HailUniontown-Hail to the size of half dollars was reported in mainly farm land.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindUniontown-The Fort Scott Mesonet site recorded a 79 mph wind gust.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindUniontown-The Mesonet station at Uniontown recorded a 61 mph wind gust.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindUniontown-A KSU Mesonet site reported a 63 Knot wind gust.
June 2018HailUniontown-Hen egg size hail was reported by the Fire Department. This was a delayed report.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindUniontown-The public reported several large limbs blown down.
April 2013HailUniontown-Law enforcement reported golf ball size hail in Uniontown.
May 2007FloodUniontown-Flooding continued from persistent rainfall across Bourbon County.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindUniontown-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees and powerlines near the communities of Uniontown and Redfield.
June 2009HailUniontown-no account filed
June 2009HailUniontown-no account filed
April 2008HailUniontown-no account filed
March 2006HailUniontown-no account filed
March 2006HailUniontown-no account filed
March 2006HailUniontown-no account filed
March 2006HailUniontown-no account filed
April 2006HailUniontown-no account filed
April 2006HailUniontown-no account filed
April 2006HailUniontown-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindUniontown-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindUniontown-no account filed
August 2003HailUniontown-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindUniontown-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindUniontown-no account filed
June 1998HailUniontown-no account filed
August 1998Flash FloodUniontown-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindUniontown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bourbon 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
Petersburg4.9 miles19
Redfield5.0 miles19
Bronson6.2 miles17
Berlin6.6 miles19
Rockford (historical)7.3 miles17
Marmaton8.0 miles20
Hollister9.4 miles20
Devon9.8 miles20

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 UniontownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2320817The 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 474755. 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.