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Chapman, Kansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Noble Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67431. It stands on Chapman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chapman quadrangle. 1,377 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.

Chapman within Dickinson County

On record in Chapman

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Chapman fell from 1,393 to 1,377 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
20101,393
20201,377-16 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

31 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Chapman between 2005 and 2020, burning about 903 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service14802
4 July 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCloud Countynot named
4 July 2007Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCloud Countynot named
7 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
30 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service6632
30 April 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKansas Forest Service68
3 April 2005Recreation and ceremony40 acresCloud Countynot named
28 April 2018Debris and open burning16 acresKansas Forest Service7240

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chapman: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kansas Falls Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dickinson County

Storms near this place

36 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chapman in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 16 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
May 1995HailChapman$750,000Large hail driven by high winds caused widespread roof, window and vehicle damage in and around the area. At the three Chapman schools, nearly 100 windows and 10 skylights were knocked out. In addition, widespread roof damage occurred at the schools and other buildings around the town. School was cancelled for at least one day. Many county rural roads were under water and closed from heavy rains.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindChapman$5High winds accompanied by large hail knocked down power lines.
May 2025HailChapman-Half dollar size hail south side of Chapman.
May 2025HailChapman-Quarter size hail east side of Chapman.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindChapman-Time estimated radar. Four inch diameter down across road. This is a delayed report.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindChapman-Large tree limb down.
June 2024Flash FloodChapman-Two to 3 inches of water flowing over the Chapman exit on Interstate 70.
June 2024Flash FloodChapman-Picture of road flooded at 6th and Marshall Ave in Chapman.
June 2024Flash FloodChapman-Via social media of a washed out dirt road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindChapman-Tree limb two inches in diameter blown down. Winds estimated between 55 and 60 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindChapman-Large tree uprooted.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindChapman-Large tree blown over in city park.
April 2022HailChapman-Quarter sized hail reported.
April 2022HailChapman-Ping pong ball sized hail reported from mping.
April 2022HailChapman-Ping pong ball sized hail reported.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindChapman-Wind estimated at 60 mph.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindChapman-Multiple 4 inch diameter tree limbs down.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindChapman-Tree limbs 3 to 6 inches is diameter snapped or torn off healthy trees.
May 2020HailChapman-Nickel size hail reported by trained spotter.
May 2019Tornado (EFU)Chapman-Tornado formed around 1-2 miles northeast of Chapman and tracked into Geary County. Formed near interstate 70 northeast of Chapman based on spotter reports. No damage reports have been received from the track in Dickinson and Geary Counties.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindChapman-Shingles were torn off of a hours along with 8-10 inch diameter limbs blown down. A tin roof was also torn off a shed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindChapman-A tree was reported down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindChapman-A tree fell on a car. Time was estimated by radar.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindChapman-Law enforcement reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.
November 2005Tornado (F0)Chapman-The tornado was reported by law enforcement 8 miles south of Chapman and moved north for approximately 1.5 miles before dissipating 6.5 miles south of Chapman. No damage was reported with this F0 tornado. The parent thunderstorm was a mini-supercell.
October 2016HailChapman-no account filed
April 2014HailChapman-no account filed
August 2010HailChapman-no account filed
September 2007HailChapman-no account filed
September 2007Thunderstorm WindChapman-no account filed
June 2006HailChapman-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindChapman-no account filed
May 2002HailChapman-no account filed
May 1999HailChapman-no account filed
July 1997HailChapman-no account filed
May 1995HailChapman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickinson 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
Moonlight4.7 miles15
Sutphen5.5 miles15
Detroit5.8 miles17
Enterprise6.9 miles17
Upland8.1 miles15
Pearl8.4 miles15
Lyona9.2 miles15
Buckeye9.2 miles14

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 ChapmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2531917The 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 476688. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.