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Colwich, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67030. The Survey maps it on the Colwich quadrangle. 1,455 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,385 feet above sea level.

Colwich within Sedgwick County

On record in Colwich

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Colwich grew from 1,327 to 1,455 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
20101,327
20201,455+128 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

53 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Colwich between 2015 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSedgwick County80
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service018-035
25 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County6037
25 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service6485
20 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service6343
10 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service86
27 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service44772
2 July 2020Fireworks3.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sedgwick 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 Colwich: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Vic's Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sedgwick County

Storms near this place

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Colwich in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 26 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 5 flood, 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
October 2016Thunderstorm WindColwich$36,000Power lines were downed on 61st street north between 167th and 183rd street.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindColwich$15,000Power poles were knocked down in the St. Mark/Andale area.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindColwich$9,000Three power poles were downed 1 mile west of St. Marks.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindColwich$3,250Ten inch tree limbs were blown down along with some minor roof damage. A small shed was also blown over.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindColwich$500An aluminum shed that was not tied down was blown over. Also a small outbuilding sustained damage. Additionally small tree limbs were downed.
October 2018FloodColwich$100Water was reported over the road at 151st Street and county road W.
June 2024FloodColwich-Water over 167th street just north of Colwich.
August 2023Heavy RainColwich-Rainfall in the past 24hours of 3.20 inches.
March 2021Heavy RainColwich-This is a 72 hour rainfall total.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindColwich-Colwich Fire Department measured a 59 mph wind gust at their station.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindColwich-A public report of an estimated 80 mph wind gust.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindColwich-The 54-knot/62-mph gust was measured one half mile west of Colwich.
June 2018HailColwich-Winds around 60 mph were also reported.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindColwich-Reported by the Emergency Manager.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindColwich-Reported by the Emergency Manager.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindColwich-A 12 inch diameter tree was blown down along with several other smaller trees.
June 2016HailColwich-Report came in via Twitter.
October 2016HailColwich-The hail lasted five minutes.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindColwich-A trained spotter reported the gust.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindColwich-A large tree was uprooted. The report was received via Twitter.
May 2016FloodColwich-Multiple reports of 3 to 6 inches of water over the roads. The usual flood locations remained under water for a considerable amount of time.
May 2013FloodColwich-Several reports of localized flooding in and around the city of Wichita.
April 2009FloodColwich-Continued runoff from very heavy rainfall during the afternoon, evening and overnight hours on the 26th prolonged flooding across the greater Wichita area into the afternoon hours on the 28th, including areas along the swollen Cowskin Creek. Several rural and urban roads in and around the Wichita area were closed due to high water. Unfortunately, property and crop damage estimates are unknown.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindColwich-Occurred near the intersection of 21st and 167th.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindColwich-A KFDI mobile spotter observed 60 mph estimated winds.
July 2005Tornado (F0)Colwich-Remained in the country.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindColwich-Damage?
August 2002Thunderstorm WindColwich-Six inch diameter limbs downed.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindColwich-Limbs blown down.
September 1999HailColwich-Quarter to golfball-sized hail pelted Colwich.
April 2026HailColwich-no account filed
April 2026HailColwich-no account filed
May 2025HailColwich-no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindColwich-no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindColwich-no account filed
April 2024HailColwich-no account filed
May 2019HailColwich-no account filed
May 2016HailColwich-no account filed
October 2016HailColwich-no account filed
March 2012HailColwich-no account filed
March 2009HailColwich-no account filed
May 2005HailColwich-no account filed
May 2005HailColwich-no account filed
June 2005HailColwich-no account filed
March 2003HailColwich-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindColwich-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindColwich-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindColwich-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindColwich-no account filed
June 2001HailColwich-no account filed
June 2001HailColwich-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindColwich-no account filed
September 1999HailColwich-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindColwich-no account filed
April 1994HailColwich-no account filed
April 1994HailColwich-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sedgwick 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
Berwet2.8 miles20
Saint Marks3.3 miles14
Maize3.7 miles20
Andale5.0 miles14
Childs Acres6.1 miles20
Coleman7.0 miles20
Westlink Village7.1 miles20
Saint Marys7.4 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 ColwichAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2673259The 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 473814. 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.