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Collyer, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Collyer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67631. The Survey maps it on the Collyer quadrangle. 97 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,602 feet above sea level.

Collyer within Trego County

On record in Collyer

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Collyer fell from 109 to 97 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
2010109
202097-12 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Collyer between 2016 and 2020, burning about 80 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
6 February 2017Debris and open burning10 acresGove County2017009
29 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service016-057
14 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trego County

Storms near this place

60 of 80 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Collyer in 80 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 57 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025HailCollyer-A social media report of 1 inch hail.
July 2025HailCollyer-Quarter size hail was reported by the public.
September 2024Flash FloodCollyer-From 8 miles south of Collyer, social media reports of multiple roads flooded including 4 feet of water over the Trego County road O near the Trego/Gove County line road.
September 2024HailCollyer-Social media reports included multiple pictures of 2-2.25 inch hail stones.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCollyer-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
June 2018Heavy RainCollyer-Rainfall of 4.26 inches was measured.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Collyer-This tornado was video taped by a web tower cam but it passed through an area with no trees, fences or buildings.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindCollyer-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCollyer-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Collyer-The tornado moved out of Gove county and then the tornado turned north as it occluded but never did strike anything to damage.
June 2008HailCollyer-Windows were broken by the large hail.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCollyer-Vinyl siding was ripped off the home. All windows on the west side of the house were broken by the high wind.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Collyer-This tornado did not encounter anything to damage.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCollyer-Three inch diameter tree branches broken.
September 2006Heavy RainCollyer-5.00" of rain fell.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCollyer-A semi truck was blown over on Interstate 70...near exit 120.
April 2005Tornado (F0)Collyer-This was small rope-like tornado.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Collyer-This tornado did not hit anything.
June 2005HailCollyer-This was the second occurrence of golf ball size hail at this location.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindCollyer-Three inch limbs broken.
March 2024HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2019HailCollyer-no account filed
August 2019HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2018HailCollyer-no account filed
April 2015HailCollyer-no account filed
June 2015HailCollyer-no account filed
June 2015HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2013HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2013HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2013HailCollyer-no account filed
August 2011HailCollyer-no account filed
April 2010HailCollyer-no account filed
April 2010HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2009HailCollyer-no account filed
June 2008HailCollyer-no account filed
June 2008HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2008HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2008HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2008HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2008HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2007HailCollyer-no account filed
June 2006HailCollyer-no account filed
June 2005HailCollyer-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCollyer-no account filed
June 2005HailCollyer-no account filed
July 2005HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2004HailCollyer-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCollyer-no account filed
June 2002HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2002HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2002HailCollyer-no account filed
May 2002HailCollyer-no account filed
August 2002HailCollyer-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindCollyer-no account filed
May 2001HailCollyer-no account filed
July 2001HailCollyer-no account filed
September 2001HailCollyer-no account filed
July 2000HailCollyer-no account filed
July 2000HailCollyer-no account filed
July 2000HailCollyer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trego 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
Voda5.3 miles8
WaKeeney12.7 miles13
Fort Downer15.3 miles13
Trego Center15.8 miles13
Ogallah20.7 miles14
Riga25.5 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 CollyerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2666559The 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 471355. 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.