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Yocemento, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67601. The Survey maps it on the Yocemento quadrangle.

Yocemento within Ellis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

22 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Yocemento between 2015 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
28 September 2015Other causesunder an acreKansas Forest Service1655
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service15-0162
31 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service241
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresEllis County017-191
4 July 2015Fireworksunder an acreKansas Forest Service15-0114
8 April 2017Debris and open burning7.0 acresEllis County017-100
6 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ellis County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yocemento: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Allied Incorporated Limestone QuarrStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ellis County

Storms near this place

44 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yocemento in 44 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 27 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
October 1998Tornado (F3)Yocemento1 hurt, $1,200,000Tornado that began in eastern Trego county, steadily moved northeast before dissipating north of Hays. The tornado hit several farms in rural Ellis county and slammed into sparsely populated Yocemento. After leaving Yocemento, the tornado tore through a feedyard and on across other parts of rural Ellis county. Fortunately, the tornado stayed just west and north of populated Hays where a high school football game was in progress. The tornado damaged or destroyed 10 homes, a grain elevator, many outbuildings, a tractor and a feedlot. During the weaker moments of the tornado, it moved a 14,000 pound tractor 30 yards. One modular constructed home on a concrete slab was completely destroyed with the remains carried 1/2 of a mile. A steel I-beam from a concrete building travelled several hundred yards, eventually crashing into a grain elevator. Three empty anhydrous ammonia tanks were moved causing a leak of a benign amount of vapour. An injury occurred to a male driving a tractor-trailer rig on Interstate 70.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindYocemento-Mesonet station UP856 0.8 E Yocemento (UPR) recorded a 57 mph wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindYocemento-A report received from the public of gusts estimated at 72 mph.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindYocemento-Mesonet station UP856 0.8 E Yocemento (UPR).
April 2022Thunderstorm WindYocemento-Mesonet site 0.8 E Yocemento.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindYocemento-Five semi trucks were blown over on Interstate 70 between mile markers 154 and 157.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindYocemento-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Yocemento-Brief contact with the tornado as it moved north-northeast.
June 2013Flash FloodYocemento-County roads were covered with running water.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindYocemento-A semi was blown over at exit 157 on Interstate 70. Several highway signs ere blown down and the roof rack of a SUV was blown off.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindYocemento-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindYocemento-The high wind was estimated to be 70 mph. There was also quarter sized hail with the wind.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindYocemento-The sheriff estimated 60 to 70 mph.
May 1995HailYocemento-Damage was $1 million done to crops across the county.
May 2021HailYocemento-no account filed
July 2021HailYocemento-no account filed
July 2021HailYocemento-no account filed
July 2021HailYocemento-no account filed
May 2019HailYocemento-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindYocemento-no account filed
August 2019Funnel CloudYocemento-no account filed
May 2018HailYocemento-no account filed
May 2017HailYocemento-no account filed
June 2017HailYocemento-no account filed
June 2016HailYocemento-no account filed
June 2016HailYocemento-no account filed
May 2016HailYocemento-no account filed
August 2015HailYocemento-no account filed
April 2012HailYocemento-no account filed
May 2012HailYocemento-no account filed
May 2012HailYocemento-no account filed
May 2012HailYocemento-no account filed
June 2010HailYocemento-no account filed
June 2009HailYocemento-no account filed
July 2008HailYocemento-no account filed
May 2008HailYocemento-no account filed
August 2006HailYocemento-no account filed
March 2004HailYocemento-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindYocemento-no account filed
July 2002HailYocemento-no account filed
April 2001HailYocemento-no account filed
May 1999HailYocemento-no account filed
October 1998Tornado (F0)Yocemento-no account filed
June 1995HailYocemento-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellis 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
Hog Back3.1 miles15
Hays5.5 miles16
Ellis7.5 miles14
Antonino8.7 miles14
Toulon10.4 miles14
Munjor10.7 miles16
Catharine11.1 miles15
Schoenchen14.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484723. 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.