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Wabaunsee, Kansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wabaunsee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66547. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wamego quadrangle. 104 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,014 feet above sea level.

Wabaunsee within Wabaunsee County

On record in Wabaunsee

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

28 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Wabaunsee between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,914 acres in total. None 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKansas Forest Service18505
4 July 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreKansas Forest Service1176021
2 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service1176012
29 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKansas Forest Service1176000
7 April 2018Fireworks1.0 acresKansas Forest Service18195
6 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acrePottawatomie County28
3 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,500 acresKansas Forest ServiceFLINT ROCK
9 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePottawatomie County31

Every fire recorded in Wabaunsee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wabaunsee: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mc Carter QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wamego Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wabaunsee County

Storms near this place

28 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wabaunsee in 28 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
May 2007Flash FloodWabaunsee$50,000K-18 closed near the town of Wabaunsee. Water over the highway.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee$3,000Strong winds blew down a tree limb, broke some windows, and overturned some sheds northeast of Wabaunsee.
March 2024HailWabaunsee-Spotter reported ping pong ball size hail.
May 2023HailWabaunsee-Hail ranging from pea size to quarter size.
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Wabaunsee-Radar and NWS storm survey data indicated that the small tornado moved across open field and produced low end EF1 tree damage and tossed a grain storage container as it moved back toward the Kansas river the border of Pottawatomie county again.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Power poles knotted down. Could have been associated with a tornado.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Hayshed destroyed, widespread tree damage and limbs broken, one large tree snapped 4 feet up from the base.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Report of 60 mph wind gust.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Report of 70 mph wind gust.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Sheriff reported construction equipment blown down.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Trained spotter reports 75 mph wind gust.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-A large tree down near highway 99 and mitchell prairie lane.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Large limb on roof. Wind to 60 mph estimated.
August 2019Flash FloodWabaunsee-Water flowing over K-18 highway. KDOT responding to area to close road.
March 2017Tornado (EF0)Wabaunsee-This was an intermittent tornado with visual confirmation|on at least 4 separate occasions along its 16 mile track, including 3 |miles S of St George, 2 miles S of Wamego, 3 miles SW of Belvue, and SW |of St Marys. This tornado produced minimal damage along its track. Time |estimated based on individual reports and radar data.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Estimated wind gust.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Wind gusts estimated.
June 2015Flash FloodWabaunsee-Wells creek was flooded at Cornflower rd and Cotton rd. Other flash flooding had been reported in Paxico and also K-18 and Mount Mitchell rd.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Several tree limbs down.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-An old tree 12 inches in diameter was blown down. Pea sized hail as well.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindWabaunsee-Small diameter tree limbs down.
April 2025HailWabaunsee-no account filed
July 2015HailWabaunsee-no account filed
July 2015HailWabaunsee-no account filed
April 2014HailWabaunsee-no account filed
June 2003HailWabaunsee-no account filed
July 2003HailWabaunsee-no account filed
May 2002HailWabaunsee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wabaunsee 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
McFarland8.6 miles16
Alma9.4 miles16
Newbury10.0 miles16
Paxico10.9 miles16
Allendorph11.3 miles16
Volland14.3 miles15
Vera14.4 miles16
Maple Hill17.4 miles16

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 WabaunseeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7958680The 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 476423. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.