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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.

Assaria within Saline County

Population over time

2 figures

Assaria 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.

YearPeople Change
2010413
2020428+15 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

14 since 2015

Regional 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Natural1

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
15 July 2018Natural2.0 acresKansas Forest Service36
5 June 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service33
10 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service34
1 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service21
3 March 2018Smoking3.0 acresKansas Forest Service14
21 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service16
8 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service9
26 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2018005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jenney Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

33 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998HailAssaria$300,000Extensive 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 2001Tornado (F1)Assaria$250,000The 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 1998Thunderstorm WindAssaria$200,000Numerous power lines and power poles blown down, a shed blown over, and widespread roof damage.
June 2010LightningAssaria$40,000A 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 2011Thunderstorm WindAssaria$10,000An 18 to 20 inch tree was snapped off and blown through a roof.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAssaria$4,000The 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 2019Flash FloodAssaria$1,000Heavy rainfall caused water to come into a basement.
April 2022HailAssaria-The Fire Chief reported hail ranging from nickel to quarter sized.
June 2020HailAssaria-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 2019FloodAssaria-Southbound I-135 at mile post 82 was closed due flooding of low areas of the highway.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindAssaria-Quite a bit of damage to an outbuilding. Also, several large trees were blown down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindAssaria-Reported by a trained spotter.
May 2016HailAssaria-Report via facebook near Assaria.
August 2015HailAssaria-Hail stones were completely covering the ground. Sixty five mph winds were also reported.
July 2009HailAssaria-Wind gusts to 50 mph occurred with the dime size hail.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindAssaria-Tree limbs were knocked down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindAssaria-A large tree limb was downed.
July 2004Flash FloodAssaria-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 2025HailAssaria-no account filed
September 2025HailAssaria-no account filed
September 2025HailAssaria-no account filed
May 2007HailAssaria-no account filed
May 2005HailAssaria-no account filed
May 2005HailAssaria-no account filed
May 2005HailAssaria-no account filed
April 2001HailAssaria-no account filed
April 2001HailAssaria-no account filed
April 2001HailAssaria-no account filed
April 2001HailAssaria-no account filed
September 2001HailAssaria-no account filed
May 1998HailAssaria-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAssaria-no account filed
May 1996HailAssaria-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Bridgeport3.7 miles16
Hallville4.1 miles16
Mentor4.2 miles16
Salemsborg4.5 miles16
Smolan5.8 miles16
Phillips Village (historical)7.4 miles17
Falun8.2 miles17
Gypsum9.5 miles17

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 AssariaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2290398The 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.