Admire, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ivy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66830. The Survey maps it on the Admire quadrangle. 130 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,237 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAdmire fell from 156 to 130 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 | 156 | |
| 2020 | 130 | -26 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1885 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eskridge quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Admire quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Council Grove quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Admire between 2015 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 015-038 |
| 24 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 018-047 |
| 5 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Lyon County | 017-045 |
| 8 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500032 |
| 15 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 015-023 |
| 22 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0021 |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
53 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Admire in 53 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 36 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Admire | $935,000 | Thunderstorms produced heavy rains totaling 3 to 6 inches the morning of the 24th with flash flooding the result. Numerous rural roads and bridges were washed out or badly damaged. Damage totals were over 900 thousand dollars. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Admire | $200,000 | A local bridge was closed and at least 6 inches of fast flowing water reported across junction of k-99 and US 56 junction. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Admire | $25,000 | Around 6 inches of fast flowing water across K99 highway with several rural roads closed. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | $1,000 | A roof was blown off of a machine shed. Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| August 2002 | Hail | Admire | $500 | Large hail broke windows on a residence north of Admire. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Admire | - | Half dollar size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Admire | - | Relayed by kvoe radio. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | - | Numerous trees damaged with limbs as large as 12 to 18 inches diameter downed on homes, cars, and power lines. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | - | Mesonet on KS 99 highway measured a 72 mph wind gust. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Admire | - | Road closed near K-99 and 340 Road. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Admire | - | Three to six inches of water over Highway 99, south of Admire. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | - | Powerlines knocked down behind spotter's home. Large tree limbs blwon down from a dead tree. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Admire | - | The public reported a tornado near milepost 140 of the Kansas Turnpike. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Admire | - | Law enforcement officials and public reports of one and three quarter to three inch diameter hail were recieved at the NWS-Topeka. It was noted that some of the large stones were donut shaped. Vehicles left outside received extensive damage. Windshields were shattered along the path of this cell, and extensive vehical body damage was noted. Shingle damage was also noted at numerous homes and barns. |
| July 2005 | Heavy Rain | Admire | - | Very heavy rain for a brief time caused an indirect injury on the Kansas Turnpike when a driver hydroplaned and struck a median wall. |
| September 2020 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Admire | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Admire | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Admire | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Miller | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bushong | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Reading | 11.4 miles | 14 | |
| Americus | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lang | 12.5 miles | 17 | |
| Berkeley Hills | 16.1 miles | 18 | |
| Emporia Junction | 16.7 miles | 18 |
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 Admire | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2400026 | 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 477042. 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.






