Buhler, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Little River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67522. The Survey maps it on the Buhler quadrangle. 1,325 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,476 feet above sea level.
On record in Buhler
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 1 record
Wall-Ratzlaff Houselisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresBuhler fell from 1,327 to 1,325 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 | 1,327 | |
| 2020 | 1,325 | -2 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Buhler quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Buhler between 2010 and 2018, burning about 2,301 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Reno County | 55 |
| 4 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2959 |
| 28 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 51 |
| 24 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2520 |
| 14 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 87 |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 73 |
| 2 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 71 |
| 16 May 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 79 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
38 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buhler in 38 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 23 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 | Tornado (F1) | Buhler | $1,000,000 | At Buhler, a subdivision consisting of 37 homes was hit. Of the 37 homes damaged, 3 were destroyed, 4 sustained major damage and 30 minor damage. This tornado would continue a northeast track into Southwest McPherson County where it skipped along Highway 61. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | $100,000 | Downed power lines and power poles caused power outages to as many as 50 residences. Westar Energy and KSN Channel 3 contributed greatly to this narrative. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | $5,000 | Trees and power lines downed. Unspecified damage to a garage. |
| July 2000 | Lightning | Buhler | $5,000 | Minor damage inflicted to one residence when the lightning traveled thru wiring to an electrical outlet. A second lightning destroyed several hay bales just east of Buhler. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | Winds estimated from 60-70 mph were reported in Buhler. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | Reported via trained spotter. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | No damage reported. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | Winds were estimated between 70 and 80 mph in the Buhler area. |
| October 2008 | Flood | Buhler | - | Minor street flooding was noted near Buhler and Pretty Prairie. Water was over the roads in a few low lying locations. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Buhler | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Buhler | - | Buhler Road flooded. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| September 2013 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Buhler | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Buhler | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medora | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Obeeville | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Punkin Center | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hutchinson | 9.9 miles | 15 | |
| South Hutchinson | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Willowbrook | 12.0 miles | 15 | |
| Yaggy | 12.9 miles | 16 | |
| Elmer | 14.2 miles | 13 |
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 Buhler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2402876 | 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 477731. 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.





