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Eskridge, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wilmington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66423. The Survey maps it on the Eskridge quadrangle. 439 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,421 feet above sea level.

Eskridge within Wabaunsee County

On record in Eskridge

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Eskridge fell from 534 to 439 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
2010534
2020439-95 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

31 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Eskridge between 2015 and 2020, burning about 3,266 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service15-0033
3 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWabaunsee County17-0028
21 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKansas Forest Service18-0055
11 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Service18-0053
10 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWabaunsee County17-0026
8 April 2020Recreation and ceremony10 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
7 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service15-0020
20 April 2018Debris and open burning1,500 acresKansas Forest Service18-0037

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabaunsee County

Storms near this place

60 of 78 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eskridge in 78 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 48 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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 1993Tornado (F1)Eskridge$500,000A tornado bounced up and down along a northeast track through the eastern part of the county, mainly in farmland. About half dozen buildings were damaged. At times the tornado had multiple vorticies. This tornado was one of 12 confirmed tornadoes that struck northeast Kansas on the evening of May 6th. Several had multiple vortices that were initially reported as more than one tornado.
June 2007Flash FloodEskridge$10,000Approximately 2.5 of rain had fallen in less than three hours. KDOT relayed a report from deputies that water was flowing over K-4, 2 to 4 miles north of Eskridge. Elsewhere in the county, a deputy 3 miles north of Harveyville reported that water was overflowing the banks of Coon Creek. The excessive water spilled over Walton Road, between Harveyville and Calson Road. Water was reported to be 3 to 4 feet deep.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindEskridge$5,000Strong winds snapped a 15 inch diameter telephone pole at ground level. A number of tree limbs were also snapped. One of the tree limbs hit the roof of a house and knocked an attic fan from the ceiling.
August 2004LightningEskridge$5,000Lightning struck a house in Eskridge and ignited a fire that did some damage to the house.
May 2024HailEskridge-Quarter size hail near Eskridge.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Personal Weather Station.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Estimated 70 mph winds with gust front.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Report of 60 mph wind gust.
April 2023HailEskridge-Quarter sized hail reported.
April 2023HailEskridge-Mping report.
July 2023HailEskridge-Golf ball sized hail reported.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Power poles damaged, possibly associated with a tornado.
May 2022HailEskridge-Quarter to half dollar sized hail reported.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Estimated wind gusts of 65-70 mph.
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Eskridge-The 4th and final tornado of the day was produced by the same long lived supercell thunderstorm that produced all other tornadoes. This tornado did damage to one structure and to power poles along its path. The tornado was reported to be on the ground at K-99 and K-31 by law enforcement and it dissipated around one half mile east of this location.
May 2016HailEskridge-Mostly dime size hail with a few nickel size stones.
June 2014Flash FloodEskridge-Water is running over K31 1.5 miles east of K99 . Also report of water over K99 south of Eskridge.
June 2014Flash FloodEskridge-Water is running over K31 1.5 miles east of K99 . Also report of water over K99 south of Eskridge.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Winds estimated.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Tree damage was reported from near Eskridge.
June 2008HailEskridge-Dime to penny size hail.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Spotter estimated the wind gust speed. Also noted that an entertainment center was blown over.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Ten inch live tree limb blown down. Small trees also downed.
April 2005HailEskridge-Ground almost white from hail. No wind.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Power lines down and windows blown out.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Six to eight inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEskridge-A gazebo and outbuildings were damaged.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Flag pole blown over at KDOT building and numerous tree limbs down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindEskridge-Strong winds snapped of 12 to 18 inch diameter limbs.
August 2019HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2015HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2015HailEskridge-no account filed
March 2012HailEskridge-no account filed
February 2012HailEskridge-no account filed
April 2011HailEskridge-no account filed
March 2011HailEskridge-no account filed
April 2011HailEskridge-no account filed
May 2011HailEskridge-no account filed
May 2011HailEskridge-no account filed
September 2010HailEskridge-no account filed
September 2010HailEskridge-no account filed
May 2009HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2008HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2008HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2008HailEskridge-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindEskridge-no account filed
March 2006HailEskridge-no account filed
May 2006HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindEskridge-no account filed
June 2005HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2005HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2005HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2005HailEskridge-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindEskridge-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindEskridge-no account filed
July 2005HailEskridge-no account filed
February 2004HailEskridge-no account filed
May 2004HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2004HailEskridge-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindEskridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wabaunsee 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
Bradford4.5 miles16
Hessdale6.5 miles16
Keene7.7 miles16
Harveyville9.1 miles16
Wilmington11.2 miles14
Allendorph12.6 miles16
Vera14.4 miles16
Alma14.5 miles16

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 EskridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1921823The 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 476925. 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.