Fowler, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Fowler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67844. The Survey maps it on the Fowler quadrangle. 534 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,484 feet above sea level.
On record in Fowler
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 2 records
Fowler Swimming Pool and Bathhouselisted 2009- Hotel Bunyanlisted 2025
Population over time
2 figuresFowler fell from 590 to 534 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 | 590 | |
| 2020 | 534 | -56 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Meade quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fowler quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Liberal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Fowler between 1999 and 2020, burning about 2,634 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2017 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Meade County | 0FFD023 |
| 29 December 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Meade County | not named |
| 3 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Meade County | SEYFERT |
| 9 October 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 0FFD011 |
| 21 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Meade County | 0FFD004 |
Storms near this place
60 of 119 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fowler in 119 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 86 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Fowler | $1,000,000 | Rainfall of nearly 10 inches caused very severe flash flooding. Water came across highway 23 and washed an old concrete truck full of concrete across the highway and into an adjacent draw about 400 yards away. The drum of concrete had been there for decades. Also, water washed out a bridge and a resident of nearly 90 years had never seen so much water. The majority of the rain fell in a 3 hour period. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Fowler | $75,000 | This tornado damaged a shed and some trees west of Fowler and a pivot irrigation sprinkler northwest of Fowler. The tornado moved into Gray county at 752 PM CDT. |
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Fowler | $50,000 | The second tornado to form started 6.3 miles northwest of Fowler at 1011 PM and traveled a total of 17 miles dissipating at 1040 PM 7 miles southwest of the Dodge City Post Office. It did EF1 damage to five pivot irrigation sprinklers, trees and some outbuildings...in addition to moving a 3000 gallon tank about 1/2 of a mile. In Meade county it tipped over a pivot sprinkler before moving into Ford county at 1014 PM. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Fowler | - | The hail was penny to quarter sized. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Fowler | - | This was brief and intermittent tornado. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Fowler | - | The rain gauge that holds 10 inches overflowed. There was severe flooding in the area. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Fowler | - | Siding damage was indicated. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Fowler | - | The 6 inch capacity rain gauge overflowed. Estimated 7 inches but it could have been more. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Fowler | - | Flooding was reported in Fowler. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF2) | Fowler | - | This tornado damaged high voltage transmission lines and poles, pivot irrigation sprinklers, a home and trees. A stock trailer was tossed through the side of the home but fortunately all occupants were in the basement. A car in the driveway was carried and then dropped in a field about 100 miles to the north-northeast. There were no roll marks from the vehicle. The tornado moved into Ford County. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowler | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowler | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Fowler | - | Winds of 50 to 60 mph were also reported with the hail. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowler | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Fowler | - | A storm chaser reported a large cone shaped funnel almost 1/2 way to the ground. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Fowler | - | A weak vortex existed for about a minute as it traveled west. The tornado was typical of what one would see in a tropical environment. |
| February 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Fowler | - | The first tornado started at 956 PM CST 8.5 miles west of Fowler in Meade county and traveled about 2.5 miles before dissipating at 1006 PM 7.5 miles northwest of Fowler. It did very minor damage to some trees. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Fowler | - | This tornado damaged a home, trees, power lines and several center pivot sprinklers. The forward flanking downdraft heavily damaged the Fowler high school roof. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Fowler | - | This satellite tornado traveled southwest striking a center pivot sprinkler. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowler | - | Six power poles were snapped off at the base |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Fowler | - | A brief tornado formed but did not hit anything. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Fowler | - | Hail completely covered the road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Fowler | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fowler | - | 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 Fowler | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2211798 | 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 470576. 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.





