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Gardner, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Gardner City. It lies in ZIP code area 66030. The Survey maps it on the Gardner quadrangle. 23,287 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,060 feet above sea level.

Gardner within Johnson County

On record in Gardner

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Gardner grew from 19,123 to 23,287 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
201019,123
202023,287+4,164 (+22%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

89 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Gardner between 2003 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning32
Natural6
Fireworks6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
12 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson County2550120
10 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson County2530128
9 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2210055
9 August 2007Natural1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2200109
29 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2410135
22 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2340149
2 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2140128

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardner in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 20 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1995Thunderstorm WindGardner1 hurtSevere thunderstorms moved across Johnson County. A 70 mph wind gust was observed at the intersection of U.S. Route 169 and 199th Street, and a 65 mph wind gust occurred near Stanley. Gusts up to 60 mph were recorded at the New Century Airport in Olathe, at the intersection of Interstate 435 and Johnson Drive. Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and limbs in Gardner and Shawnee. In Overland Park, a tree fell on a house and car, and a 60-foot tree was knocked down at 92nd and Switzer. Several streets were completely blocked by downed trees and limbs. A two-foot diameter tree also fell onto a house in Merriam, and trees, limbs, and power lines were downed in Spring Hill.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGardner$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged barns, flipped a pickup truck and tore a roof off of a house. Lightning strikes also knocked out power to 18,000 homes in southern Johnson County.
May 2003HailGardner$50,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGardner$25,000A two to three foot in diameter tree was blown into a house. Windows were also blown out and cars were moved. Winds were estimated to 70 mph.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindGardner$12,000A 3 mile path of wind damage associated with strong straight line winds, or a downburst moved across the far southern portion of the county, from the Douglas county line west and southwest of Edgerton all the way to the Cass county (MO) line east of Stillwell. The damage was observed mainly along 199th street, with numerous trees broken or tipped leaning to the south. Trees were also downed in the Edgerton cemetery. A brief tornado was also attributed to this storm, crossing into the county west of Edgerton from Douglas county. (See additional entries for more information, and also see reports from Topeka - TOP.)
April 1995HailGardner$10,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGardner-A few large tree limbs were down.
May 2016Flash FloodGardner-Water was covering the road at Waverly and 175th St.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGardner-A trained spotter reported an estimated 65 mph wind gust near Gardner, Kansas.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGardner-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured up to 73 mph.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGardner-A ten inch diameter tree limb was reported blown down in the Gardner Cemetary. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
June 2007Flash FloodGardner-Heavy rains caused 175th Street, to be closed from Highway 56 to Agnus Street. Also, rains closed 215th Street, from Edgerton Road to Moonlight Road. In addition, heavy rains closed 199th Street, from Four Corners to Highway 56.
August 2006Flash FloodGardner-High water closed 183rd Street between Sumac and Cedar.
July 2006Flash FloodGardner-High water closed County Road 500.
July 2006Flash FloodGardner-High water closed County Road 167.
June 2005Flash FloodGardner-Water over the road from Santa Fe to Cedar Nile.
July 2004Flash FloodGardner-Heavy rains caused water over the road at 183rd and Edgerton Rd.
May 1995HailGardner-A 3 mile path of wind damage associated with strong straight line winds, or a downburst moved across the far southern portion of the county, from the Douglas county line west and southwest of Edgerton all the way to the Cass county (MO) line east of Stillwell. The damage was observed mainly along 199th street, with numerous trees broken or tipped leaning to the south. Trees were also downed in the Edgerton cemetery. A brief tornado was also attributed to this storm, crossing into the county west of Edgerton from Douglas county. (See additional entries for more information, and also see reports from Topeka - TOP.)
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGardner-A Johnson County Sheriff reported wind gusts up to 60 mph near Gardner.
April 2018HailGardner-no account filed
March 2016HailGardner-no account filed
October 2014HailGardner-no account filed
April 2011HailGardner-no account filed
June 2009HailGardner-no account filed
May 2008HailGardner-no account filed
May 2008HailGardner-no account filed
May 2008HailGardner-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGardner-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGardner-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGardner-no account filed
August 2005Flash FloodGardner-no account filed
May 2003HailGardner-no account filed
May 2003HailGardner-no account filed
March 2002HailGardner-no account filed
February 2002HailGardner-no account filed
April 2001HailGardner-no account filed
April 2001HailGardner-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindGardner-no account filed
May 1999HailGardner-no account filed
August 1999HailGardner-no account filed
September 1993HailGardner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Clare3.2 miles20
Edgerton5.3 miles18
Bonita6.0 miles20
Prairie Center (historical)6.1 miles18
Ocheltree6.6 miles20
Spring Hill7.1 miles17
Olathe7.5 miles26
Clearview City10.1 miles21

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 GardnerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2232927The 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 479553. 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.