Assaria, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Smoky View Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67416. The Survey maps it on the Assaria quadrangle. 428 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAssaria grew from 413 to 428 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 | 413 | |
| 2020 | 428 | +15 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Assaria quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Assaria between 2015 and 2018, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 36 |
| 5 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 33 |
| 10 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 34 |
| 1 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 21 |
| 3 March 2018 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 14 |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 16 |
| 8 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 9 |
| 26 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2018005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Assaria: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jenney Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Assaria in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 20 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Hail | Assaria | $300,000 | Extensive damage to 15 vehicles and houses sustained major roof damage and broken windows in a 3-mile wide area from near Smolan southeast to Assaria. |
| September 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Assaria | $250,000 | The following were destroyed: One earthen home, one house on south side of town, numerous outbuildings, and the town's only water pump station. In addition, one barn, one garage, and one earthern home were damaged. Area newspapers contributed to this report. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Assaria | $200,000 | Numerous power lines and power poles blown down, a shed blown over, and widespread roof damage. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Assaria | $40,000 | A fire was caused to a building by lightning. The fire collapsed the roof and one wall, causing seed sacks inside the building to be a total loss. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Assaria | $10,000 | An 18 to 20 inch tree was snapped off and blown through a roof. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Assaria | $4,000 | The public reported 30 to 40 inch diameter trees blown down. Some power outages were reported as well. Some Interstate 135 signs were snapped off. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Assaria | $1,000 | Heavy rainfall caused water to come into a basement. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Assaria | - | The Fire Chief reported hail ranging from nickel to quarter sized. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Assaria | - | A farmer said the hail was at least ping pong ball size. It was large enough and lasted long enough to damage about 5 percent of his crops. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Assaria | - | Southbound I-135 at mile post 82 was closed due flooding of low areas of the highway. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Assaria | - | Quite a bit of damage to an outbuilding. Also, several large trees were blown down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Assaria | - | Reported by a trained spotter. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Assaria | - | Report via facebook near Assaria. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Assaria | - | Hail stones were completely covering the ground. Sixty five mph winds were also reported. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Assaria | - | Wind gusts to 50 mph occurred with the dime size hail. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Assaria | - | Tree limbs were knocked down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Assaria | - | A large tree limb was downed. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Assaria | - | Basement of one home flooded to depth of 8 feet when the town received a staggering 5.25 inches of rain (4.5 inches in one hour). All items in the basement, which was used for storage, were damaged with some items destroyed. The flooding severed electricity to the home resulting in the family's evacuation. The home was located in a low, poor drainage area, a "catch-all" for the town's rain water. Times are approximations. (Narrative courtesy of Daily Union, Junction City, and The Salina Journal.) |
| September 2025 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Assaria | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Assaria | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hallville | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Mentor | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Salemsborg | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Smolan | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Phillips Village (historical) | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Falun | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Gypsum | 9.5 miles | 17 |
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 Assaria | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2290398 | 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 476952. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.






