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.
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
Beecher Bible and Rifle Churchlisted 1971
Wabaunsee District #1 Grammar Schoollisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1889 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18505 |
| 4 July 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176021 |
| 2 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176012 |
| 29 June 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176000 |
| 7 April 2018 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18195 |
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pottawatomie County | 28 |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Kansas Forest Service | FLINT ROCK |
| 9 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pottawatomie County | 31 |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Carter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wamego Sand Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Wabaunsee | $50,000 | K-18 closed near the town of Wabaunsee. Water over the highway. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | $3,000 | Strong winds blew down a tree limb, broke some windows, and overturned some sheds northeast of Wabaunsee. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Wabaunsee | - | Spotter reported ping pong ball size hail. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Wabaunsee | - | Hail ranging from pea size to quarter size. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Power poles knotted down. Could have been associated with a tornado. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Hayshed destroyed, widespread tree damage and limbs broken, one large tree snapped 4 feet up from the base. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Report of 60 mph wind gust. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Report of 70 mph wind gust. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Sheriff reported construction equipment blown down. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Trained spotter reports 75 mph wind gust. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | A large tree down near highway 99 and mitchell prairie lane. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Large limb on roof. Wind to 60 mph estimated. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Wabaunsee | - | Water flowing over K-18 highway. KDOT responding to area to close road. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Wabaunsee | - | 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Several tree limbs down. |
| September 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | An old tree 12 inches in diameter was blown down. Pea sized hail as well. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wabaunsee | - | Small diameter tree limbs down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Wabaunsee | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Wabaunsee | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Wabaunsee | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Wabaunsee | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Wabaunsee | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Wabaunsee | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Wabaunsee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McFarland | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Alma | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Newbury | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Paxico | 10.9 miles | 16 | |
| Allendorph | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Volland | 14.3 miles | 15 | |
| Vera | 14.4 miles | 16 | |
| Maple Hill | 17.4 miles | 16 |
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 Wabaunsee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7958680 | 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 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.







