Copeland, Kansas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Copeland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67837. The Survey maps it on the Copeland quadrangle. 251 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,822 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCopeland fell from 310 to 251 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 | 310 | |
| 2020 | 251 | -59 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1896 USGS Garden quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Copeland quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
60 of 89 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Copeland in 89 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 57 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | $750,000 | In a 7 mile long stretch by 3 miles wide there were 10 pivot irrigation sprinklers overturned by down burst winds. In addition there were two trailers turned over and numerous tree limbs broken in this area. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | $200,000 | Trailer house blown over; trees uprooted; several buildings destroyed. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | $60,000 | A large (40,000 bushel) grain bin was blown 1/4 of a mile through a shelter belt of trees and into a house. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | $2,500 | Power lines were down across Road Z between Roads 8 and 9. This was possibly from a land spout. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Mesonet station GW3813 Copeland. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Tree down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Winds were estimated to be 60-65 MPH. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Copeland | - | Rainfall for the period was 5.60 inches. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Copeland | - | There were reports of broken windows from the hail. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | A train grain car was overturned by the high wind. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Copeland | - | Rainfall was 1.80 inches. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Copeland | - | Rainfall described as being torrential accompanied the hail. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Copeland | - | The hail stones were reported to be soft in nature. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Numerous large tree branches were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Power poles were blown down. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | The metal roof was blown off a building and a tree three feet in diameter was blown down by the high wind. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Copeland | - | This was the second landspout out of five that occurred. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Winds were estimated to be 80 to 100 MPH. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | The roof was torn off a barn. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | This wind gust was measured by a Davis weather instrument. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Copeland | - | Winds were also very strong. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Considerable blowing dust was reported. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Copeland | - | Some of the hail stones weighed 5 ounces. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Copeland | - | Street flooding was reported. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Copeland | - | Also reported 50 to 60 mph winds with the hail. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Large tree branches and a few power poles were blown down. |
| September 2006 | Flood | Copeland | - | six to 6.5" of rain was common across Copeland. Numerous reports of high standing water and flooded basements were reported. Only the top of fence posts could be seen in some locations. Many roads were washed out and closed in the local area. Highway 144 was closed in the late evening. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Copeland | - | This was smaller of two tornadoes that were occurring at the same time within a couple of miles. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | A few six inch diameter limbs were blown down |
| September 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | Three inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Copeland | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Copeland | - | 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 Copeland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2547834 | 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 471704. 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.
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.






