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Bucklin, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bucklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67834. The Survey maps it on the Bucklin quadrangle. 727 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,405 feet above sea level.

Bucklin within Ford County

Population over time

2 figures

Bucklin fell from 794 to 727 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
2010794
2020727-67 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

5 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Bucklin between 2017 and 2020, burning about 128 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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
30 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFord County1170223
11 April 2017Debris and open burning65 acresFord County1170166
6 March 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
27 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
16 January 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFord County0C17001

Every fire recorded in Ford County

Storms near this place

60 of 129 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bucklin in 129 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 84 hail, 33 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 3 heavy rain. 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
August 1993Thunderstorm WindBucklin$500,000An irrigation system and two farm sheds were destroyed.
July 1995Tornado (F2)Bucklin$150,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBucklin$100,000Two pivot sprinklers were destroyed. They were full of water at the time.
May 2007FloodBucklin$10,000Water over Outlaw Road. It was barely passable.
June 1994HailBucklin$5,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBucklin$1,000Four inch tree limbs blown down.
June 2024Flash FloodBucklin-K-dot reported water over Highway 34 at location.
May 2024Heavy RainBucklin-Rainfall report of 1.56 inches.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Two full kerosene tanks that were anchored down were blown into a field. Many large tree limbs were broken by the high wind.
October 2021Tornado (EF1)Bucklin-This was a qlcs tornado.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Power poles were blown down by the high wind.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBucklin-The wind was estimated to be 70 to 80 MPH.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindBucklin-The wind was estimated to be as high as 65 MPH.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Three inch diameter tree limbs were broken and a trampoline was thrown into power lines.
December 2016Tornado (EF0)Bucklin-This QLCS developed in the far eastern parts of Ford county and quickly moved into Kiowa County. It overturned a wind shelter for cattle as it moved towards the county line.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBucklin-There were numerous 6 inch diameter limbs blown down.
July 2014Heavy RainBucklin-Rainfall of 2.50 fell during the 24 hour period.
July 2014Heavy RainBucklin-Rainfall of 3.0 fell during the 24 hour period.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindBucklin-A power pole was blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Several power poles on the north side of Bucklin were broken. There were also numerous 10 inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Lots of tree limbs were blown down in town with some damage to vehicles reported.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Two to three inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Numerous tree branches were blown down including some 3 foot diameter limbs.
May 2007FloodBucklin-Flooding was occurring south of Bucklin on highway 34. Local folks had never witnessed flooding this bad at this location.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Numerous power poles were blown down at the intersection of US highway 400 and highway 34.
October 2005HailBucklin-The hail covered the ground.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Numerous tree limbs were blown down. A ten was toppled and a fence was blown down. 1.60" of rain in a short period of time.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Round building was destroyed and a pivot sprinkler was turned over at the airport.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBucklin-A shed was destroyed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Shed roof taken off
August 2003Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Three inch limbs blown down.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Bucklin-This tornado did not hit anything.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Tree limbs broken.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindBucklin-Six inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
July 1995HailBucklin-Thunderstorm wind of near 100 mph caused extensive damage to fences. Once filling station canopy was downed and it landed on two occupied vehicles but there were no injuries. One roof was taken off a house with debris scattered several hundred yards. A large storage shed was heavily damaged with two motor homes inside receiving extensive damage. Debris was carried one-quarter of a mile.
May 2024HailBucklin-no account filed
May 2024HailBucklin-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindBucklin-no account filed
July 2023HailBucklin-no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBucklin-no account filed
July 2023HailBucklin-no account filed
May 2022HailBucklin-no account filed
May 2022HailBucklin-no account filed
May 2020HailBucklin-no account filed
May 2020HailBucklin-no account filed
July 2018HailBucklin-no account filed
May 2018HailBucklin-no account filed
May 2018HailBucklin-no account filed
May 2018HailBucklin-no account filed
June 2018HailBucklin-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindBucklin-no account filed
May 2015HailBucklin-no account filed
June 2014HailBucklin-no account filed
May 2013HailBucklin-no account filed
July 2013HailBucklin-no account filed
April 2012HailBucklin-no account filed
April 2012HailBucklin-no account filed
April 2012HailBucklin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ford 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
Kingsdown6.8 miles13
Ford8.8 miles14
Bloom14.5 miles11
Windhorst16.4 miles13
Wilroads17.4 miles14
Wilroads Gardens20.0 miles14
Fort Dodge20.4 miles14
Wright21.1 miles13

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 BucklinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2611495The 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 474249. 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.