Gorham, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67640. The Survey maps it on the Gorham quadrangle. 376 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,913 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGorham grew from 334 to 376 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 | 334 | |
| 2020 | 376 | +42 (+13%) |
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.
- 1896 USGS Hays quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Gorham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hays quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Gorham between 2017 and 2018, burning about 462 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2018 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 227 |
| 17 August 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Russell County | 24 |
| 18 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Russell County | 23 |
| 20 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Russell County | 18 |
| 5 April 2018 | Smoking | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
| 7 March 2017 | Smoking | 400 acres | Russell County | 11 |
| 5 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 48 |
| 4 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Russell County | 8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 75 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gorham in 75 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 47 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 flood. The reports record 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | 2 hurt, $25,000 | Five semi-trailers overturned on I-70, with two of the drivers taken to a hospital. (Narrative courtesy of Great Bend Tribune.) |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | $15,000 | Two out buildings roofs were blown off. Hay bails were also rolled into the fields. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Gorham | $10,000 | A ligthning strike set two field crude oil tanks on fire. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | $2,000 | A power pole and tree limb was downed. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | $2,000 | Several tree limbs were reported blown down by law enforcement. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | - | This gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Gorham | - | A Cocorahs station 8 miles northwest of Russell reported 1.13 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Gorham | - | The hail occurred along Canyon Road and ranged in size from nickel to quarter size. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Gorham | - | This is a 72 hour rainfall total. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | - | This was an estimated gust. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Gorham | - | Reported by the public. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Gorham | - | The hail was reported along I-70. The time of the event is approximated from radar. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | - | The time of the event is based on radar. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Gorham | - | Several low water crossings were reported flooded. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | - | Wind gust was estimated by a trained storm spotter. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Gorham | - | Lasted for approximately 12 minutes. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Gorham | - | The hail was nickel to quarter size. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Gorham | - | A nearly stationary rope tornado was reported over open country. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Gorham | - | Brief tornado touchdown in open country. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Gorham | - | Brief touchdown over open country. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Gorham | - | Report courtesy of the NSSL Shave project. |
| April 2012 | Flood | Gorham | - | Some minor street flooding was noted in and around Russell, while some county roads were completely washed out. Unfortunately, damage estimates are not available. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Gorham | - | Penny to quarter size hail was reported in Gorham. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | - | The emergency manager reported 60 to 70 mph winds. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Gorham | - | Fifty mph winds were also reported with the hail. |
| July 2006 | Flood | Gorham | - | Minor flooding was reported on a few roads south of Gorham. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Gorham | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | - | TREES BLOWN DOWN. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gorham | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Gorham | - | 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 Gorham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q269292 | 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 475207. 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.





