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Albert, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Walnut Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67511. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Albert quadrangle. 132 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,916 feet above sea level.

Albert within Barton County

Population over time

2 figures

Albert fell from 175 to 132 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.

YearPeople Change
2010175
2020132-43 (-25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

11 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Albert between 2015 and 2020, burning about 27 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/undetermined8
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
10 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service81018
10 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service71015
20 June 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresBarton County2017034
4 May 2015Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service50415
19 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
7 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service307201
27 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service32716
23 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service32315

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barton County

Storms near this place

57 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Albert in 57 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 32 hail, 22 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
July 1994Thunderstorm WindAlbert$500,000Strong thunderstorm winds blew across the county. The strongest winds and most damage was across the northern half of the county. In Susank, buildings were damaged and large tree limbs were knocked down. A barn was completely destroyed while other sheds received damage on a farm near Hoisington. Two miles east of Elinwood, the roof was blown off an aluminum shed and 300 gallon tank was blown over.
May 1999HailAlbert$175,000Golfball-sized hail damaged farm dwellings and approximately 70% of total acreage.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAlbert-Estimated 50 to 60 mph wind gusts west of Great Bend.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAlbert-Measured wind gust from home weather station.
July 2023HailAlbert-A picture sent via Twitter showed ping pong ball sized hail.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAlbert-Reported from personal weather station.
July 2022HailAlbert-The public report came in via social media from KWCH TV.
April 2019HailAlbert-The hail size ranged from 3/4 to 1 inch.
August 2018Tornado (EF0)Albert-Very brief touchdown reported by the Fire Chief.
June 2017HailAlbert-Lots of nickel hail was also mixed in.
June 2015HailAlbert-A picture was sent, via Twitter and courtesy of KAKE Channel 10, of quarter to half dollar-sized hail. The time of occurrence was estimated from radar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAlbert-A picture was sent, via Twitter, of a 9-inch diameter tree limb torn down in their yard. The time of occurrence was estimated from radar and an earlier report.
May 2015Flash FloodAlbert-Deep water had completely inundated the road making it impassable.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindAlbert-Speeds were estimated from 55 to 60 mph.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Albert-A nearly stationary rope tornado was reported along the Rush/Barton county line. The tornado remained in the country and caused no damage.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAlbert-Winds of 60 mph were estimated by a trained spotter.
June 2008HailAlbert-Golfball sized hail cut a 4 long path across the northern part of the county. The hail wiped out 100 percent of the wheat crop along the path.
July 2022HailAlbert-no account filed
June 2017HailAlbert-no account filed
June 2017HailAlbert-no account filed
August 2017HailAlbert-no account filed
July 2015HailAlbert-no account filed
April 2012HailAlbert-no account filed
July 2010HailAlbert-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
May 2008HailAlbert-no account filed
February 2007HailAlbert-no account filed
June 2004HailAlbert-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
May 2002HailAlbert-no account filed
May 2002HailAlbert-no account filed
May 2002HailAlbert-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
April 2001HailAlbert-no account filed
April 2001HailAlbert-no account filed
April 2001HailAlbert-no account filed
October 2001HailAlbert-no account filed
October 2001HailAlbert-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
May 1999HailAlbert-no account filed
September 1998HailAlbert-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
May 1998HailAlbert-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
March 1998HailAlbert-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
May 1996HailAlbert-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindAlbert-no account filed
May 1995HailAlbert-no account filed
June 1994HailAlbert-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barton 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
Olmitz5.9 miles13
Heizer6.8 miles15
Boyd9.8 miles13
Dundee11.8 miles16
Kanbrick12.5 miles17
Anchorway12.6 miles17
South Hoisington13.0 miles13
Pawnee Rock13.0 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 AlbertAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q595869The 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 475626. 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.