Brownell, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Waring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67521. The Survey maps it on the Brownell quadrangle. 23 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,415 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrownell fell from 29 to 23 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 | 29 | |
| 2020 | 23 | -6 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1893 USGS Ellis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Brownell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hays quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
57 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brownell in 57 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 34 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 heavy rain, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | $200,000 | Two separate swaths of hail moved through the county. The first was in a 7 to 12 mile wide swath from 2 miles south of Utica...to Arnold...Ransom...Brownell...and McCracken. The second swath was from 2 miles south of Beeler...to 4 miles south of Ness City...to 3 miles south of Bazine. A dollar amount was not made available...but crops were nearly completely wiped out in the hail swaths and numerous windows were broken out in automobiles and homes. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was reported. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Brownell | - | Windows were broke out several vehicles. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Brownell | - | Several roads were flooded. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Brownell | - | Water was reported over several county roads near Brownell. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Brownell | - | A brief multi-vortex tornado lasted just a couple of minutes. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Brownell | - | Rainfall of 4.00 was measured. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Brownell | - | Rainfall of 2.72 was measured. The ditches were running full. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Brownell | - | Rainfall of 4.50 was measured and some county roads were flooded in the area. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Brownell | - | Six inches of rain fell overnight and early in the morning. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Brownell | - | Four and one half inches of rain fell overnight and early in the morning. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Brownell | - | This was a brief tornado that did not cause damage. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | Three inch diameter tree limbs blown down |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Brownell | - | Snake Creek and Big Timber Creek both flooded along highway 4 from 7 miles east of Brownell to 4 miles north of McCracken. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Brownell | - | Water was over highway 4, one mile west of the Rush county line. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Brownell | - | Also had 60 mph wind. |
| June 1999 | Heavy Rain | Brownell | - | Rainfall of 2.00" in 15 minutes. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brownell | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Brownell | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Brownell | - | 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.
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 Brownell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2277444 | 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 475380. 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.
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.





