Cambridge, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Windsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67023. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge quadrangle. 92 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCambridge grew from 82 to 92 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 | 82 | |
| 2020 | 92 | +10 (+12%) |
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.
- 1889 USGS Burden quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cambridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sedan 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 Cambridge between 2015 and 2018, burning about 71 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 12 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cowley County | 114 |
| 29 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 201824 |
| 19 June 2018 | Natural | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 201820 |
| 19 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | 2017019 |
| 8 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Cowley County | 2017016 |
| 27 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 201815 |
| 6 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cowley County | 31 |
| 22 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2018009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cambridge in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 20 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Cambridge | $20,000 | The tornado moved almost due north over open country causing some damage to trees by blowing down several large trees and several large tree limbs. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambridge | $3,000 | A tree was blown down onto a car damaging the car. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambridge | $1,000 | Tree and power pole damage occurred in Cambridge. |
| February 2024 | Heavy Rain | Cambridge | - | This is a 24 hour rainfall total of 1.44 inches. There was one accident during this time frame in the county could at least partially be attributed to this event. There was no apparent injury reported. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Cambridge | - | A storm chaser reported a little bigger than quarter sized hail and an estimated 50 mph winds. |
| May 2022 | Heavy Rain | Cambridge | - | A Coop observer in Cambridge, Kansas, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 5.28 inches. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Cambridge | - | A Coop observer in Cambridge reported 1.59 inches in 24 hours. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Cambridge | - | The Coop observer in Cambridge reported 3.75 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Cambridge | - | Tornado briefly touched down in a very remote area. Report via KAKE television. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Cambridge | - | Large tornado touched down in a very remote location and did not produce any damage. The tornado dissipated shortly thereafter. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Cambridge | - | A brief touchdown occurred in open country. No damage occurred. |
| April 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Cambridge | - | Remained in the country. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Cambridge | - | Grouse Creek overflowed. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Cambridge | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Cambridge | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Cambridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burden | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Grand Summit | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Eaton | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Glen Crouse | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Atlanta | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dexter | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Glen Grouse (historical) | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Tisdale | 11.1 miles | 14 |
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 Cambridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q576477 | 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 469897. 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.




