Bunker Hill, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67626. The Survey maps it on the Dorrance NW quadrangle. 103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,860 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBunker Hill grew from 95 to 103 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 | 95 | |
| 2020 | 103 | +8 (+8%) |
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.
- 1896 USGS Russell 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
- 1967 USGS Dorrance NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Russell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Bunker Hill between 2015 and 2020, burning about 1,230 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Russell County | 17042 |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15034 |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Russell County | 17044 |
| 29 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Russell County | 17039 |
| 20 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Russell County | 17036 |
| 2 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18038 |
| 10 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Russell County | 170024 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
57 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bunker Hill in 57 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 27 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Bunker Hill | $75,000 | This was a second tornado that hit the same farmstead. The first one hit the barn across the road, and this one did some damage to trees and tore a few shingles off the roof of the home. Some small barns were also damaged. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Bunker Hill | $50,000 | Damage caused to barn. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | $10,000 | Wind damage was reported at the Bear House Truckstop. Nine vehicles lost side windows due to wind-blown gravel. The estimated 70 mph winds also moved a breezeway wall at the truckstop, and moved an empty ice machine 20 yards into a trailer. Fuel pumps were twisted as well. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | $5,000 | Power lines were downed in the Bunker Hill vicinity. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | $2,000 | A wall and garage door of a farmers shop were bowed in by the estimated 70 mph winds. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | $1,000 | All of the north-facing windows are broken out at a farm. There were also large tree limbs down. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Bunker Hill | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | This gust was measured at a Kansas Mesonet site. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | This gust was measured by a Kansas Mesonet site. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | Bunker Hill Mesonet measured a 72 mph wind gust. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | A 93 mph wind gust was recorded by the Kansas State Mesonet near Bunker Hill. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | Kansas State Mesonet recorded a wind gust of 64 mph. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | Bunker Hill Mesonet station measured a 72 mph gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | Measured wind gust from the Kansas State Mesonet 3 miles northeast of Bunker Hill. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Bunker Hill | - | A brief tornado moved across two farmsteads causing minor damage to trees and major damage to a barn as it collapsed onto its foundation. Debris from one homestead was also strewn across the property and blown up against and wedged into a metal pipe fence. The majority of damage was noted on the northern periphery of the circulation. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Bunker Hill | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | A report of half dollar sized hail west of Wilson Lake. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | A semitrailer and camper were blown over on Interstate 70 near mile marker 195 according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. |
| September 2021 | Heavy Rain | Bunker Hill | - | A Coop observer in Bunker Hill reported 3.10 inches of heavy rainfall. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | Fire department reported to dispatch there was ping pong ball to golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | The report of tree damage was courtesy KWCH. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | No damage was reported. |
| August 2013 | Flood | Bunker Hill | - | Minor street flooding was noted and the ditches were running full. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Bunker Hill | - | Occurred over open country. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | Nickel hail covered the ground. |
| September 2004 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | CO-OP observer. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | KRSL Radio. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | Several large tree limbs downed. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bunker Hill | - | 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 Bunker Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2031026 | 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 475228. 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.





