Beloit, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beloit City. It lies in ZIP code area 67420. It stands on Mulberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Beloit quadrangle. 3,404 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,385 feet above sea level.
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On record in Beloit
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 7 records
Cather Farmlisted 2007
Abram Click Farmsteadlisted 2013
F. H. Hart Houselisted 1973
Mitchell County Courthouselisted 1977
C. A. Perdue Houselisted 1976
Porter Hotellisted 2004
St. John the Baptist Catholic Churchlisted 1975
Population over time
2 figuresBeloit fell from 3,835 to 3,404 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 | 3,835 | |
| 2020 | 3,404 | -431 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1894 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Beloit between 2015 and 2020, burning about 79 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mitchell County | 6 |
| 11 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Mitchell County | 170021 |
| 28 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180013 |
| 18 April 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 70 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 5 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 150010 |
| 17 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Mitchell County | 170010 |
| 9 October 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 133 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beloit in 133 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 67 hail, 50 thunderstorm wind, 8 heavy rain, 3 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | 1 hurt, $50,000 | Sixty mph winds blew an empty tractor semi-trailer off the road causing it to overturn. The driver received minor injuries. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Beloit | $750,000 | At 635 am CDT, law enforcement reported that windows were broken from wind-driven hail on the south side of homes about 3 to 8 miles south of Beloit. These homes were located approximately from near Road L to Road P, just east of Highway 14. At 640 am CDT, a trained spotter reported golf ball size hail along with estimated 60 mph wind gusts, 5 miles south of Beloit. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $750,000 | Wind speeds at this stage of the storm were estimated at 60 mph. At 635 am CDT, law enforcement reported that windows were broken from wind-driven hail on the south side of homes about 3 to 8 miles south of Beloit. These homes were located approximately from near Road L to Road P, just east of Highway 14. At 640 am CDT, a trained spotter reported golf ball size hail along with estimated 60 mph wind gusts, 5 miles south of Beloit. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Beloit | $500,000 | Hail up to ping pong ball size was reported in this round of storms. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Beloit | $250,000 | Both law enforcement and CoCoRaHS observers reported a significant hail storm in Beloit, with comments including: all tender vegetation destroyed and damage to trees, buildings and automobiles. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $250,000 | A radio station reported an 89 mph wind gust. At nearly the same time, a 73 mph wind gust was recorded in town. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Beloit | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $150,000 | There were reports of estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 MPH, while a gust of 70 MPH measured by a mesonet site west-southwest of Beloit and a gust of 78 MPH measured by the Beloit Airport AWOS. Damage was reported in the Beloit area, including in town where a metal roof was blown off an auto dealer on the north side of town. Numerous trees suffered damage, with a few larger limbs falling on vehicles. A number of power poles were also downed, causing power outages in the Beloit and Glen Elder areas. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Beloit | $100,000 | Hail ranging in size from quarters to ping pong balls was reported. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Beloit | $100,000 | The Mitchell County Emergency Manager reported a tornado just east of Highway 14 in the southern portion of the county. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Beloit | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Beloit | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Beloit | $100,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $60,000 | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $50,000 | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. Numerous tree branches were downed across town. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $50,000 | Wind gusts out ahead of and with this thunderstorm produced wind gusts in excess of 60 mph, including a measured gusts of 63 and 67 mph by the Beloit Airport AWOS. These wind gusts resulted in damage to a garage in Beloit and knocked down a couple power poles west-northwest of town. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Beloit | $50,000 | Automobiles belonging to the sheriff's office were damaged by the hail. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Beloit | $50,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $40,000 | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Beloit | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $25,000 | Very isolated and focused wind damage occurred. A roof was peeled off a business on the south side of Beloit, and there were also a few power lines downed. There were no other reports of wind damage in the area, and the nearby airport recorded a peak wind gust of only 44 MPH. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $25,000 | A peak wind gust of 68 MPH was measured by a mesonet site in Beloit. Tree damage was reported in town, with limbs up to 6 inches in diameter downed. |
| August 2006 | Flash Flood | Beloit | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Beloit | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Beloit | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Beloit | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Beloit | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Beloit | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Beloit | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Beloit | $10,000 | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Beloit | $10,000 | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $5,000 | A 73 MPH wind gust was measured by a mesonet station located 1 miles south-southeast of Beloit. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Beloit | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Beloit | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Beloit | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Beloit | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $4,000 | This wind gust was recorded on a private weather station at a fertilizer plant southeast of downtown Beloit. The exact time of the wind gust is unknown as the peak wind gust occurred between five minute observations, and was estimated using radar data. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $2,000 | Tree limbs between 6 and 8 inches in diameter were knocked down. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $2,000 | Wind gusts measured to at least 60 mph by a home weather station resulted in tree damage and a caved-in garage door. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Beloit | $500 | no account filed |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | $500 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by an unofficial mesonet station located on the north side of Beloit. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | - | A wind gust of 67 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile north of Beloit. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located in Beloit. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located six miles west-southwest of Beloit. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | - | A wind gust of 63 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles west-southwest of Beloit. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Beloit | - | A 24-hour rainfall amount of 5.05 inches was reported by a CoCoRaHs observer. In the south part of town, the NWS cooperative observer measured 4.20 inches. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | - | A 65 MPH wind gust was measured by a mesonet station near Beloit. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | Beloit | - | A mesonet recorded 2.48 inches of rain, with most falling in 1 hour and 15 minutes. This rain resulted in some minor street flooding in Beloit. |
| December 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 MPH was recorded along a line of thunderstorms. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beloit | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Solomon Rapids | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Asherville | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Scottsville | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Simpson | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Glen Elder | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Coursens Grove (historical) | 14.4 miles | 15 | |
| Blue Hill | 17.1 miles | 12 |
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 Beloit | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2233688 | 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 472339. 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.




