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Enterprise, Kansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67441. The Survey maps it on the Chapman quadrangle. 708 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.

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Enterprise within Dickinson County

On record in Enterprise

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Enterprise fell from 855 to 708 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
2010855
2020708-147 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

16 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,090 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
31 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined640 acresKansas Counties1700 AND JEEP ROAD
25 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresKansas Forest Service24
25 July 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresDickinson County17
15 June 2017Naturalunder an acreDickinson County14
16 May 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service13
28 April 2018Debris and open burning16 acresKansas Forest Service7240
23 April 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service10
15 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreDickinson County204

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickinson 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 Enterprise: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Kansas Falls Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Dickinson County

Storms near this place

60 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Enterprise in 60 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 33 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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 2008Tornado (EF3)Enterprise1 killed, 3 hurt, $20,200,000This is the first segment of a tornado that moved through 2 counties. This tornado continued northeast out of Dickinson County and dissipated shortly after entering Geary County. The tornado first touched down at a farmstead to the north-northwest of the town of Enterprise. A grain bin was destroyed, and some tree damage was observed. Damage was also noted to another farmstead where a grain bin was destroyed, as were a center pivot and several power poles. The tornado then entered Chapman on the southwest side. It was reported that 70 homes were completely destroyed, and 215 damaged. In all, three-quarters of the buildings in town sustained damage. Two churches were demolished. The town's middle school and high school were both severely damaged. Approximately 100 residents were in the locker rooms of the high school seeking shelter from the storm when the tornado struck. Trees across town were twisted and nearly stripped of their leaves and branches. For the most part, the downtown business section received only minor damage. Once outside the town, another farmstead was hit which damaged trees and outbuildings before lifting to the northeast of town. Debris from the town was littered for several miles east of the town. Dozens of individuals sustained minor injuries. Three were critically injured. One death was reported when a tree was blown onto a woman who had just put her daughter into the carseat of her vehicle. Thousands of volunteers took part in the clean-up effort over the next few weeks.
June 2005Flash FloodEnterprise$100,000Highway 43 in Enterprise closed due to nearly a foot of fast flowing water across road.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindEnterprise$80,000Strong winds blew a steel roof off a business onto some power lines.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Multiple tree branches down around east 1st street in Enterprise, ranging from 3 to 10 inches in diameter.
May 2024HailEnterprise-Report from trained spotter in Enterprise.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Six to ten inch tree split halfway up the trunk.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Delayed report via social media of a healthy tree approximately 1 foot in diameter split in half.
May 2023HailEnterprise-Half dollar sized hail reported.
April 2022HailEnterprise-Softball sized hail reported.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Report of power out and small tree limbs flying around.
May 2020HailEnterprise-Golf ball sized hail reported by trained spotter.
May 2020HailEnterprise-Spotter reported dime and quarter size hail.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Three inch diameter limb snapped.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Reports of at least one 60 mph wind gust.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Report of 2 inch diameter limbs were down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Power line and power pole down.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Tree limbs up to 4 inches in diameter down.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-There were two windows on the south side of a house that broke. Also some tree limbs 2 inches in diameter broken.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Wind gusts estimated.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Three inch diameter tree limb down.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Pea to dime size hail that was wind driven.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Spotter estimates winds of 60 mph.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Trained spotters across Dickinson County reported 60 mph wind gusts near Abilene and Chapman. The AWOS at Abilene Airport also measured a 57 mph wind gust.
July 2009HailEnterprise-The public also reported 3 inches of rainfall over the past 8 hours.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-A trained spotter reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Several power poles reported down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-Tree limbs 6 to 7 inches in diameter were blown down by thunderstorm winds. Power was out at the spotter's home. 2.85" of rain fell in about 45 minutes at the spotter's home as well.
June 2004Flash FloodEnterprise-Heavy rain prodiced flash flooding for a time. Water overflowed a road near Enterprise for a time.
April 2014HailEnterprise-no account filed
April 2014HailEnterprise-no account filed
May 2014HailEnterprise-no account filed
May 2014HailEnterprise-no account filed
April 2013HailEnterprise-no account filed
April 2013HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2011HailEnterprise-no account filed
August 2010HailEnterprise-no account filed
July 2009HailEnterprise-no account filed
July 2009HailEnterprise-no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-no account filed
March 2008HailEnterprise-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-no account filed
June 2005HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2005HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2004HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2004HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2004HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2004HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2004HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2004HailEnterprise-no account filed
July 2004HailEnterprise-no account filed
April 2001HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2001HailEnterprise-no account filed
July 2001HailEnterprise-no account filed
June 2000HailEnterprise-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-no account filed
May 1999HailEnterprise-no account filed
May 1999HailEnterprise-no account filed
July 1996HailEnterprise-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindEnterprise-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dickinson 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
Detroit2.2 miles17
Pearl5.2 miles15
Abilene5.2 miles16
Chapman6.9 miles17
Moonlight6.9 miles15
Navarre7.3 miles15
Acme8.7 miles15
Sand Spring8.9 miles17

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 EnterpriseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2386661The 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 476680. 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.