Cunningham, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rural Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67035. The Survey maps it on the Cunningham quadrangle. 444 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,706 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCunningham fell from 454 to 444 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 | 454 | |
| 2020 | 444 | -10 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Cunningham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cunningham in 2015, burning about 162 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 6296 |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 276 |
| 31 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 160 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3311 |
| 4 October 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 7307 |
| 29 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 8204 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
57 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cunningham in 57 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 36 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | 1 hurt | A Fed Ex truck was blown in to the median along Highway 54. The driver was transported to the hospital. There were also 8 power poles south of Cunningham blown over. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | $100,000 | A garage was blown down, the roof peeled from an office building resulting in the damaging of computers and other equipment inside, and tree damage was widespread. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | $94,000 | Ten power poles were blown down and 4 roofs were blow off of out buildings. Winds were estimated at 100 mph. Golf ball sized hail also was reported. |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Cunningham | $75,000 | Slow-moving, the tornado extensively damaged two farmsteads, one silo, and, of course, trees. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | $50,000 | Chaser reported via KSNW Television that strong winds caused damage in Cunningham, mostly in the form of downed tree limbs and minor structural damage. However, the 97-year old Ratcliff building received extensive damage to its exterior (courtesy of the Cunningham Courier). |
| June 2008 | Hail | Cunningham | $18,000 | Golf ball sized hail was driven by estimated 100 mph winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | $18,000 | Several power poles were blown just south of Cunningham. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | $500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Cunningham | $100 | The Ninnescah River flooded the road near southwest 120th Road. the town of Kingman reported 1.71 inches of rainfall. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | A large number of branches were blown down. This report was via social media. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | Law enforcement reported the gust. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | Golf ball sized hail was also reported. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Cunningham | - | Sixty mph winds were also reported. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Cunningham | - | The hail was reported by KAKE Channel 10. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | Estimated 70 mph winds were reported. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Cunningham | - | Heavy rains were also reported. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | The winds were sustained for about 10 minutes. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | Law enforcement reported the stong wind gusts. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | Law enforcement relayed the report. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Cunningham | - | Tornado briefly touched down in an open field. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cunningham | - | Reported by a KWCH storm chaser. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | Five-inch diameter limbs downed. (Magnitude based upon comparable damage in Plevna at 1605 CST. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Cunningham | - | Occurred in the country. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Cunningham | - | Occurred in a field. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Cunningham | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Cunningham | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skellyville | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Penalosa | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Calista | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Leo | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Willowdale | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Nashville | 14.0 miles | 15 | |
| Zenda | 16.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kingman | 16.8 miles | 14 |
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 Cunningham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q576676 | 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 473942. 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.
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.





