Coolidge, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1988. It stands in Coolidge Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67836. It stands on Bridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holly East quadrangle. 80 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,356 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresCoolidge fell from 95 to 80 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 | 95 | |
| 2020 | 80 | -15 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Granada quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Granada quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Granada quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Holly East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Lamar quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Coolidge in 2016, burning about 1,000 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 6 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Coolidge: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Gravel |
Storms near this place
60 of 98 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coolidge in 98 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 61 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | $50,000 | Pivot sprinkler overturned. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Coolidge | $30,000 | Swath of hail and high wind across the northern 1/4 of the county produced $30,000 damage to property. Damage was also done to crops. Do not have dollar figure available. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | $10,000 | The roof of a 30 x 60 foot shed was blown about 40 feet. Six power poles were blown down and a large tree was uprooted. Also a large water tank was rolled over 200 feet. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Measured by the mesonet station K5COO. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Department of highways measured a 63 mph wind gust. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Sixty to seventy mph thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Winds gusted to approximately 60 MPH. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Wind gusts to 60 MPH were estimated. |
| May 2021 | Heavy Rain | Coolidge | - | Rainfall of 3.60 was reported. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Damage was done to a roof and a patio cover was torn off by high winds. In addition, tree limbs were broken. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Coolidge | - | This was one of two twin landspout tornadoes. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Coolidge | - | This was one of two twin landspout tornadoes. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | A tree was blown into a house. |
| September 2018 | Heavy Rain | Coolidge | - | Rainfall of 1.20 inches was measured. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Coolidge | - | Winds were 40 to 50 MPH. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Coolidge | - | Most of the hail was smaller than a quarter. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Coolidge | - | Water was flowing over Road G in places, near Road 8. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Power lines were blown down and there was some unspecified structural damage reported. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Coolidge | - | Most of the hail was no bigger than a quarter. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Coolidge | - | This landspout tornado did encounter anything to damage. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Coolidge | - | The hail was mostly pea sized. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | A semi truck was blown over by strong thunderstorms wind gusts. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Coolidge | - | This tornado did not strike anything in the county and moved into Greeley county at 548 MST. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | Measured at a KDOT site. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Coolidge | - | Softball size hail reported near the state line. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Coolidge | - | Water was flowing over county roads |
| July 1995 | Hail | Coolidge | - | Hail piled six to 12 inches deep with numerous homes with water damage in basements from the force of hail piling up against homes. Hail piles still visible two days later. |
| July 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Coolidge | - | Water over the road. Reports of four to seven inches of rain. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Coolidge | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Coolidge | - | 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 Coolidge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2441023 | 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 485265. 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.







