Galesburg, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Centerville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66740. The Survey maps it on the Galesburg quadrangle. 149 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 981 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGalesburg grew from 126 to 149 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 | 126 | |
| 2020 | 149 | +23 (+18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Galesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Galesburg between 2015 and 2018, burning about 375 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 150627A |
| 27 June 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 150627B |
| 23 June 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 150623 |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 32 |
| 17 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 180417 |
| 22 March 2015 | Smoking | 120 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 150322 |
| 22 March 2015 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 150322B |
| 16 March 2015 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 150316 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galesburg in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 19 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Hail | Galesburg | $250,000 | Tennisball to softball-sized hail pelted a one square mile section on the south side of Lake Parsons, inflicting extensive damage to boats, tents, campers, vehicles, buildings and crops. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F3) | Galesburg | $200,000 | Damage summary: Two miles south of Galesburg: One barn damaged & two out-buildings destroyed. Three miles southeast of Galesburg: Two mobile homes destroyed, one frame house dislodged from it's foundation & two barns destroyed. Four miles east-southeast of Galesburg: Frame house unroofed with two exterior walls collapsed. A garage and one shed were destroyed. Tree damage occurred at each of these locations. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galesburg | $10,000 | A large haybarn was destroyed. Several power poles were also knocked down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galesburg | $10,000 | Storage shed the size of a 3-car garage destroyed, with parts of the shed thrown onto elementary school grounds nearly one block away. An aluminum boat stored inside the shed was also thrown, with the boat blown into the windshield of a vehicle owned by the school. (Speed estimated per 0357 CST report from 3N Erie. Damage estimate a rough approximation with owners of the shed and it's contents waiting for damage assessment from their insurance company. Narrative details courtesy of Parsons Sun.) |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galesburg | $5,000 | Numerous trees were downed around the Lake Parsons area. |
| May 2022 | Heavy Rain | Galesburg | - | A Coop observer in Galesburg, Kansas. reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 4.05 inches. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Galesburg | - | This was a 24 hour rain total of 5.21 inches. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Galesburg | - | Fifty mph winds were also reported with this storm. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Galesburg | - | This was a delayed report. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galesburg | - | Winds estimated at 70 to 80 mph were reported along Highway 47. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galesburg | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galesburg | - | Winds were estimated around 50 to 60 mph. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Galesburg | - | The hail occurred on Highway 47, 4 miles west of the Highway 59 and Highway 47 intersection. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Galesburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Galesburg | - | 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 Galesburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2467891 | 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 469684. 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.












