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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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Coolidge within Hamilton County

Population over time

2 figures

Coolidge 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.

YearPeople Change
201095
202080-15 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

1 since 2016

Regional 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 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
19 February 2016Debris and open burning1,000 acresKansas Forest Service6

Every fire recorded in Hamilton 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGravel

Storms near this place

60 of 98 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCoolidge$50,000Pivot sprinkler overturned.
May 1999HailCoolidge$30,000Swath 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 2010Thunderstorm WindCoolidge$10,000The 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 2025Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Measured by the mesonet station K5COO.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Department of highways measured a 63 mph wind gust.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Sixty to seventy mph thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Winds gusted to approximately 60 MPH.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Wind gusts to 60 MPH were estimated.
May 2021Heavy RainCoolidge-Rainfall of 3.60 was reported.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Damage was done to a roof and a patio cover was torn off by high winds. In addition, tree limbs were broken.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Coolidge-This was one of two twin landspout tornadoes.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Coolidge-This was one of two twin landspout tornadoes.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-A tree was blown into a house.
September 2018Heavy RainCoolidge-Rainfall of 1.20 inches was measured.
May 2018HailCoolidge-Winds were 40 to 50 MPH.
August 2015HailCoolidge-Most of the hail was smaller than a quarter.
August 2014Flash FloodCoolidge-Water was flowing over Road G in places, near Road 8.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Power lines were blown down and there was some unspecified structural damage reported.
July 2014HailCoolidge-Most of the hail was no bigger than a quarter.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
July 2013Tornado (EF0)Coolidge-This landspout tornado did encounter anything to damage.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Wind gusts were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
May 2012HailCoolidge-The hail was mostly pea sized.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-A semi truck was blown over by strong thunderstorms wind gusts.
March 2007Tornado (EF0)Coolidge-This tornado did not strike anything in the county and moved into Greeley county at 548 MST.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-Measured at a KDOT site.
June 2003HailCoolidge-Softball size hail reported near the state line.
June 2003Flash FloodCoolidge-Water was flowing over county roads
July 1995HailCoolidge-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 1995Tornado (F0)Coolidge-Water over the road. Reports of four to seven inches of rain.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-no account filed
June 2021HailCoolidge-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-no account filed
September 2021Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-no account filed
May 2020HailCoolidge-no account filed
May 2020HailCoolidge-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-no account filed
August 2020HailCoolidge-no account filed
August 2020HailCoolidge-no account filed
May 2019HailCoolidge-no account filed
September 2018HailCoolidge-no account filed
June 2018HailCoolidge-no account filed
September 2016HailCoolidge-no account filed
May 2015HailCoolidge-no account filed
May 2015HailCoolidge-no account filed
May 2015HailCoolidge-no account filed
April 2015HailCoolidge-no account filed
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCoolidge-no account filed
July 2014HailCoolidge-no account filed
June 2011HailCoolidge-no account filed
June 2011HailCoolidge-no account filed
April 2009HailCoolidge-no account filed
April 2009HailCoolidge-no account filed
April 2009HailCoolidge-no account filed
June 2009HailCoolidge-no account filed
June 2009HailCoolidge-no account filed
June 2009HailCoolidge-no account filed
June 2008HailCoolidge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Medway7.0 miles9
Syracuse14.2 miles14
Mayline19.3 miles14
Kendall25.6 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 CoolidgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2441023The 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.