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.
Population over time
2 figuresAlbert 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 175 | |
| 2020 | 132 | -43 (-25%) |
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.
- 1889 USGS Larned quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Larned quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Albert quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Larned quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2015Regional 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 81018 |
| 10 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 71015 |
| 20 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Barton County | 2017034 |
| 4 May 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 50415 |
| 19 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 307201 |
| 27 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 32716 |
| 23 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 32315 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
57 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | $500,000 | Strong 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 1999 | Hail | Albert | $175,000 | Golfball-sized hail damaged farm dwellings and approximately 70% of total acreage. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | Estimated 50 to 60 mph wind gusts west of Great Bend. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | Measured wind gust from home weather station. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Albert | - | A picture sent via Twitter showed ping pong ball sized hail. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | Reported from personal weather station. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Albert | - | The public report came in via social media from KWCH TV. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Albert | - | The hail size ranged from 3/4 to 1 inch. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Albert | - | Very brief touchdown reported by the Fire Chief. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Albert | - | Lots of nickel hail was also mixed in. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Albert | - | 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | 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 2015 | Flash Flood | Albert | - | Deep water had completely inundated the road making it impassable. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | Speeds were estimated from 55 to 60 mph. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | Winds of 60 mph were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Albert | - | 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 2022 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| February 2007 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Albert | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Albert | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Albert | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olmitz | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Heizer | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Boyd | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Dundee | 11.8 miles | 16 | |
| Kanbrick | 12.5 miles | 17 | |
| Anchorway | 12.6 miles | 17 | |
| South Hoisington | 13.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pawnee Rock | 13.0 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 Albert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q595869 | 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 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.






