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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.

Copeland within Gray County

Population over time

2 figures

Copeland 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.

YearPeople Change
2010310
2020251-59 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Storms near this place

60 of 89 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCopeland$750,000In 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 2001Thunderstorm WindCopeland$200,000Trailer house blown over; trees uprooted; several buildings destroyed.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindCopeland$60,000A large (40,000 bushel) grain bin was blown 1/4 of a mile through a shelter belt of trees and into a house.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCopeland$2,500Power lines were down across Road Z between Roads 8 and 9. This was possibly from a land spout.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Mesonet station GW3813 Copeland.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Tree down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Winds were estimated to be 60-65 MPH.
October 2018Heavy RainCopeland-Rainfall for the period was 5.60 inches.
May 2017HailCopeland-There were reports of broken windows from the hail.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCopeland-A train grain car was overturned by the high wind.
July 2017Heavy RainCopeland-Rainfall was 1.80 inches.
June 2016HailCopeland-Rainfall described as being torrential accompanied the hail.
July 2015HailCopeland-The hail stones were reported to be soft in nature.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Numerous large tree branches were blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Power poles were blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCopeland-The metal roof was blown off a building and a tree three feet in diameter was blown down by the high wind.
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Copeland-This was the second landspout out of five that occurred.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Winds were estimated to be 80 to 100 MPH.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindCopeland-The roof was torn off a barn.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindCopeland-This wind gust was measured by a Davis weather instrument.
June 2009HailCopeland-Winds were also very strong.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Considerable blowing dust was reported.
May 2008HailCopeland-Some of the hail stones weighed 5 ounces.
August 2007FloodCopeland-Street flooding was reported.
June 2006HailCopeland-Also reported 50 to 60 mph winds with the hail.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Large tree branches and a few power poles were blown down.
September 2006FloodCopeland-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 2005Tornado (F0)Copeland-This was smaller of two tornadoes that were occurring at the same time within a couple of miles.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCopeland-A few six inch diameter limbs were blown down
September 2003Thunderstorm WindCopeland-Three inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
June 2024HailCopeland-no account filed
June 2024HailCopeland-no account filed
April 2022HailCopeland-no account filed
April 2022HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2021HailCopeland-no account filed
June 2020HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2019HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2015HailCopeland-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCopeland-no account filed
June 2015HailCopeland-no account filed
June 2015HailCopeland-no account filed
June 2014HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2010HailCopeland-no account filed
June 2008HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2008HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2008HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2008HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2008HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCopeland-no account filed
August 2007HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2006HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2006HailCopeland-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCopeland-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCopeland-no account filed
August 2006HailCopeland-no account filed
August 2006HailCopeland-no account filed
June 2005HailCopeland-no account filed
June 2005HailCopeland-no account filed
June 2005HailCopeland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gray 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
Montezuma10.6 miles12
Haggard17.6 miles12
Ingalls21.8 miles12
Ensign22.3 miles12
Charleston22.6 miles12
Cimarron23.6 miles12
Wettick26.1 miles12

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 CopelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2547834The 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.