Kansas, Alabama
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Carbon Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35549. It stands on Trinity Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carbon Hill quadrangle. 180 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresKansas fell from 226 to 180 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 226 | |
| 2020 | 180 | -46 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Birmingham quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Carbon Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Kansas between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,089 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20160928-14 |
| 28 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20190927-7 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kansas in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2013: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down in and around Carbon Hill. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | $2,000 | One large tree was blown down, and a few large limbs were knocked down, near the Kansas Community. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | Microburst winds of 90 MPH downed 150 pine trees in a swath of wind damage 200 yards wide south southwest of Nauvoo. |
| April 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Kansas | - | National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in northwest Walker County and have determined that the damage was due to an EF-1 tornado, with maximum winds of 86 mph. The tornado touched down approximately 3/4 of a mile southwest of Dogtown Road, near Seamore Mountain, in the Mill Creek watershed. The tornado tracked northeast and crossed Dogtown Road where it uprooted several trees. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Highway 78 and Ritter Road, where the most significant damage occurred. Dozens of trees were uprooted and one single family home had portions of its roof and roof decking removed. The tornado continued northeast and crossed Nix Road, Nauvoo Road, Jagger Road, Johnson Road, and Slick Lizzard Road. Some minor structural damage was observed along these roads along with tree damage. The tornado finally lifted northeast of Slick Lizzard Road before it crossed Highway 5. This damage could not be linked to the tornado in southern Winston County at Poplar Springs. |
| March 2011 | Flash Flood | Kansas | - | Portions of Highway 118 and Dogtown Road were closed due to flooding. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Kansas | - | Several Roads were closed due to flash flooding. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | Wind gusts were estimated around 70 mph. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kansas | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Hill | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Clarke | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Dogtown | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Eldridge | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Flatwood | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Pocahontas | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Slicklizzard | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Hill | 5.2 miles | 11 |
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 Kansas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q68088 | 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 121084. 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.




