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Anthony, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Anthony City. It lies in ZIP code area 67003. The Survey maps it on the Anthony quadrangle. 2,108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,352 feet above sea level.

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Anthony within Harper County

On record in Anthony

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Anthony fell from 2,269 to 2,108 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
20102,269
20202,108-161 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

8 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Anthony between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 August 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2020Debris and open burning10 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service5509
10 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service3151
25 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2684
14 March 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service2298
10 March 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service2142
10 January 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service296

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harper County

Storms near this place

60 of 163 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anthony in 163 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 78 hail, 61 thunderstorm wind, 11 flash flood, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004Tornado (F2)Anthony$175,000The tornado mainly moved over open country damaging wheat fields that were ready to be harvested, however, one home completely lost it's roof and most of the belongings inside.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindAnthony$56,000Damaging winds estimated at 70 mph moved across areas just west of Anthony. The winds knocked down 11 power poles. The winds knocked down numerous trees at Anthony Lake damaging some cabins and also overturning a camper.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindAnthony$50,000Three inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. Winds 85 to 90 mph in Anthony knocked down trees and limbs. A long hangar at the airport was flattened damaging seven airplanes.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAnthony$27,000High winds knocked out power to Anthony.
June 2001LightningAnthony$25,000Lightning struck a chimney causing it to explode. Two of the bricks struck a southward-neighboring house where one brick smashed a window with the second striking the roof with sufficient force to leave a powdery, brick-red mark on the shingles. In addition to destroying the chimney, the lightning strike also blew out an exterior electrical outlet on the south side and damaged insulation in the attic.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAnthony$20,000A 92 mph wind gust was recorded near Anthony which knocked down trees and several power poles.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindAnthony$15,000Roof blown off a barn. (Narrative courtesy Anthony Republican.)
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAnthony$15,000Numerous power lines, power poles, and trees downed.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindAnthony$10,000Extensive damage was inflicted on a storage unit in Anthony.
September 2008Flash FloodAnthony$10,000Kansas Highway 44 east of Anthony and Kansas State road 179 south of Anthony were closed due to high water. Also, many county roads were closed throughout the county.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAnthony$5,000Tree and power line damage likely resulted as power outages had been reported in and around Harper.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindAnthony$2,000Numerous four inch tree limbs were down across Anthony, Kansas.
June 2010FloodAnthony$2,000A KAKE-TV storm chaser reported water flowing through the streets in downtown Anthony. This flooding was caused by 2.94 inches of rainfall falling in an hour and a half.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindAnthony$2,000Winds estimated at 70 mph knocked down a utility pole onto a storm spotters car, trapping the spotter for about an hour until the power could be turned off.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindAnthony$1,000A shed was blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAnthony$1,000Outbuildings destroyed.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAnthony$800Four inch diameter tree limbs were blown down just south of Highway 160.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindAnthony$500Large tree limbs were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 1994HailAnthony$500no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAnthony$250A 10 to 12 inch diamter tree was broken off at the trunk.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAnthony$200Damaging winds knocked down small to medium tree limbs.
October 2019Flash FloodAnthony$100Water was reported over Highway 179 south of Anthony and over portions of Kansas Highway 44 east of Anthony.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Several tree limbs down blocking roadways in Anthony.
April 2024HailAnthony-Lots of ping pong ball to golf ball sized hail fell in Anthony over the course of at least 15 minutes. Video sent in corroborated several phone calls with some of the hail stones up to baseball size.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindAnthony-A storm chaser estimated 70 mph winds with tree limbs down and debris across the road.
June 2023Heavy RainAnthony-Twenty four hour rainfall amount of 2.25 inches.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAnthony-There were powerlines knocked down north of the town of Anthony.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAnthony-This was a measured wind gust from a Kansas Department of Transportation site.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Tree limbs blown down. Visibility significantly reduced due to blowing dust.
April 2019Heavy RainAnthony-This is a 24 hour rainfall amount.
May 2019FloodAnthony-Highway 44 was flooded just of NE 20th Ave.
June 2019Flash FloodAnthony-The flash flood occurred on Highway 179 near SW 160th St.
June 2019Flash FloodAnthony-Water flowed across a road near the spillway on Anthony Lake.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Power lines & power poles were knocked down onto Franklin Street and Hayes Street in town. Both roads were blocked.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindAnthony-The gust was measured at 300 West & 10 Roads.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindAnthony-No damage was reported.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Tree branches of 3 to 4 inches had been blown off of trees and were partially blocking the roads in town.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Anthony-A very brief tornado was observed by an off duty weather service employee. The tornado width was 50 yards.
July 2015FloodAnthony-Law enforcement reported flooding along a segment of Highway 44.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Reported on local observing equipment.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAnthony-A barn located at a residence was blown down along with a few power lines.
April 2010Funnel CloudAnthony-The cold air funnel did not touch down or produce any damage.
August 2009HailAnthony-Small tree limbs were downed by 50 mph winds.
June 2008HailAnthony-Eighty mph winds accompanied the hail.
June 2008HailAnthony-Seventy to eighty mph winds accompanied the hail.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Two inch hail accompanied the strong winds.
August 2008HailAnthony-Winds of up to 40 mph also occurred.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Golfball sized hail accompanied the strong winds.
March 2007FloodAnthony-Some rural roads were flooded across the county.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Several tree limbs were downed.
July 2005Flash FloodAnthony-Family trapped in a car rescued near Anthony Lake.
July 2005Flash FloodAnthony-Highway 44 barricaded.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindAnthony-AGTAP HP308.
May 2002Flash FloodAnthony-Water was reported over the road.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Anthony-Occurred in open country.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Several trees downed.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Power lines downed.
June 2001Flash FloodAnthony-Highway 44 flooded.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindAnthony-Numerous trees downed.

Every storm recorded in Harper 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
Hawk4.1 miles19
Harper9.2 miles15
Crystal Springs9.3 miles15
Ruella9.5 miles15
Freeport9.7 miles19
Bluff City9.8 miles19
Midway11.5 miles15
Danville11.8 miles19

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 AnthonyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1887976The 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 470518. 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.