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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.

Catharine within Ellis County

Population over time

2 figures

Catharine 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.

YearPeople Change
2010104
2020113+9 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

18 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined11
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
15 August 2015Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service15-0142
27 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service15-0132
19 July 2020Natural1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
15 June 2017Natural1.0 acresEllis County017-165
13 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresKansas Forest Service15-0094
10 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service173
7 March 2017Equipment and vehicle use7,500 acresEllis County017-065
20 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresEllis County017-042

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ellis County

Storms near this place

49 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2016Flash FloodCatharine$100,000Water about 80 yards wide was rushing over several roads along Little Big Creek.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCatharine-Tree damage was observed.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCatharine-Winds were estimated to be at least 70 MPH.
August 2019Flash FloodCatharine-Rainfall of 2.8 inches fell from 11 PM until 6 AM. Flooding of 1/2 mile wide was reported.
August 2019Heavy RainCatharine-Rainfall of 3.50 inches was observed.
August 2019Flash FloodCatharine-Water was over the road.
August 2019Heavy RainCatharine-Rainfall of 4.67 inches was observed.
September 2018Heavy RainCatharine-Rainfall of 2.13 inches was measured.
July 2018FloodCatharine-Water was washing over several roads in the area.
July 2018FloodCatharine-Many county roads had water across them.
April 2017Flash FloodCatharine-The creek rose 3 to 4 feet in 20 minutes. Many small streams and draws were flowing over roadways.
April 2016FloodCatharine-Heavy rains and the runoff led to flooding across the area.
September 2016Heavy RainCatharine-Rainfall of 7.34 inches was observed.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindCatharine-A pole barn was destroyed by the high wind.
June 2014Flash FloodCatharine-Water was observed crossing several county roads and was 100 yards wide in some locations.
July 2014FloodCatharine-Water was over the road with some debris reported.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Catharine-An observer reported 2 tornadoes.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Catharine-An observer reported 2 tornadoes.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindCatharine-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCatharine-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
September 2010Heavy RainCatharine-Rainfall of 4.50 was reported at a location 2 miles ENE of Catherine.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindCatharine-Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCatharine-Power lines were blown down.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCatharine-Winds of 60 mph were estimated at this location.
October 2007HailCatharine-Pea to nickel size hail covered the ground.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCatharine-Siding and sheathing was ripped from a building.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCatharine-Twenty large transmission poles toppled within a one mile stretch
June 2001LightningCatharine-House was struck by lightning in the attic area and was completely destroyed by the fire that ensued.
May 2023HailCatharine-no account filed
July 2023HailCatharine-no account filed
May 2021HailCatharine-no account filed
September 2018HailCatharine-no account filed
May 2018HailCatharine-no account filed
May 2017HailCatharine-no account filed
June 2017HailCatharine-no account filed
May 2014HailCatharine-no account filed
March 2013HailCatharine-no account filed
May 2013HailCatharine-no account filed
May 2013HailCatharine-no account filed
June 2012HailCatharine-no account filed
May 2011HailCatharine-no account filed
May 2010HailCatharine-no account filed
July 2009HailCatharine-no account filed
July 2006HailCatharine-no account filed
July 2006HailCatharine-no account filed
June 2003Tornado (F0)Catharine-no account filed
June 2003HailCatharine-no account filed
October 2001HailCatharine-no account filed
June 1998HailCatharine-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellis 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
Emmeram5.0 miles15
Toulon5.4 miles14
Victoria6.3 miles14
Hays6.7 miles16
Munjor8.4 miles16
Walker8.5 miles15
Yocemento11.1 miles15
Turkville12.2 miles12

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 CatharineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3887105The 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.