Catharine, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Buckeye Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67627. The Survey maps it on the Catharine quadrangle. 113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,014 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCatharine grew from 104 to 113 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 | 104 | |
| 2020 | 113 | +9 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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 Hays quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Catharine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hays quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Catharine between 2015 and 2020, burning about 7,648 acres in total. 3 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 | 11 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0142 |
| 27 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0132 |
| 19 July 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ellis County | 017-165 |
| 13 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0094 |
| 10 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 173 |
| 7 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7,500 acres | Ellis County | 017-065 |
| 20 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Ellis County | 017-042 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
49 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Catharine in 49 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 21 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Catharine | $100,000 | Water about 80 yards wide was rushing over several roads along Little Big Creek. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | Tree damage was observed. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 70 MPH. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Catharine | - | Rainfall of 2.8 inches fell from 11 PM until 6 AM. Flooding of 1/2 mile wide was reported. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Catharine | - | Rainfall of 3.50 inches was observed. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Catharine | - | Water was over the road. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Catharine | - | Rainfall of 4.67 inches was observed. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Catharine | - | Rainfall of 2.13 inches was measured. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Catharine | - | Water was washing over several roads in the area. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Catharine | - | Many county roads had water across them. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Catharine | - | The creek rose 3 to 4 feet in 20 minutes. Many small streams and draws were flowing over roadways. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Catharine | - | Heavy rains and the runoff led to flooding across the area. |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Catharine | - | Rainfall of 7.34 inches was observed. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | A pole barn was destroyed by the high wind. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Catharine | - | Water was observed crossing several county roads and was 100 yards wide in some locations. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Catharine | - | Water was over the road with some debris reported. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Catharine | - | An observer reported 2 tornadoes. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Catharine | - | An observer reported 2 tornadoes. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| September 2010 | Heavy Rain | Catharine | - | Rainfall of 4.50 was reported at a location 2 miles ENE of Catherine. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | Power lines were blown down. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | Winds of 60 mph were estimated at this location. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Catharine | - | Pea to nickel size hail covered the ground. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | Siding and sheathing was ripped from a building. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Catharine | - | Twenty large transmission poles toppled within a one mile stretch |
| June 2001 | Lightning | Catharine | - | House was struck by lightning in the attic area and was completely destroyed by the fire that ensued. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Catharine | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Catharine | - | 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 Catharine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3887105 | 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 475193. 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.





