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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.

Gorham within Russell County

Population over time

2 figures

Gorham 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.

YearPeople Change
2010334
2020376+42 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

10 since 2017

Regional 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/undetermined4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
8 August 2018Smoking1.0 acresKansas Forest Service227
17 August 2017Smokingunder an acreRussell County24
18 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use40 acresRussell County23
20 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresRussell County18
5 April 2018Smoking10 acresKansas Forest Service7
7 March 2017Smoking400 acresRussell County11
5 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service48
4 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRussell County8

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Russell County

Storms near this place

60 of 75 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGorham2 hurt, $25,000Five semi-trailers overturned on I-70, with two of the drivers taken to a hospital. (Narrative courtesy of Great Bend Tribune.)
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGorham$15,000Two out buildings roofs were blown off. Hay bails were also rolled into the fields.
June 2008LightningGorham$10,000A ligthning strike set two field crude oil tanks on fire.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindGorham$2,000A power pole and tree limb was downed.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindGorham$2,000Several tree limbs were reported blown down by law enforcement.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindGorham-This gust was measured by a personal weather station.
June 2022Heavy RainGorham-A Cocorahs station 8 miles northwest of Russell reported 1.13 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
April 2021HailGorham-The hail occurred along Canyon Road and ranged in size from nickel to quarter size.
March 2021Heavy RainGorham-This is a 72 hour rainfall total.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindGorham-This was an estimated gust.
August 2021HailGorham-Reported by the public.
May 2017HailGorham-The hail was reported along I-70. The time of the event is approximated from radar.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGorham-The time of the event is based on radar.
May 2016FloodGorham-Several low water crossings were reported flooded.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGorham-Wind gust was estimated by a trained storm spotter.
June 2013HailGorham-Lasted for approximately 12 minutes.
May 2013HailGorham-The hail was nickel to quarter size.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Gorham-A nearly stationary rope tornado was reported over open country.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Gorham-Brief tornado touchdown in open country.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Gorham-Brief touchdown over open country.
June 2012HailGorham-Report courtesy of the NSSL Shave project.
April 2012FloodGorham-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 2010HailGorham-Penny to quarter size hail was reported in Gorham.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindGorham-The emergency manager reported 60 to 70 mph winds.
August 2009HailGorham-Fifty mph winds were also reported with the hail.
July 2006FloodGorham-Minor flooding was reported on a few roads south of Gorham.
July 2004Tornado (F0)Gorham-Brief touchdown in open country.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindGorham-TREES BLOWN DOWN.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGorham-no account filed
May 2021HailGorham-no account filed
June 2018HailGorham-no account filed
June 2016HailGorham-no account filed
July 2016HailGorham-no account filed
July 2015HailGorham-no account filed
June 2014HailGorham-no account filed
May 2014HailGorham-no account filed
May 2013HailGorham-no account filed
May 2012HailGorham-no account filed
May 2012HailGorham-no account filed
June 2012HailGorham-no account filed
August 2011HailGorham-no account filed
June 2010HailGorham-no account filed
July 2010HailGorham-no account filed
August 2009HailGorham-no account filed
August 2009HailGorham-no account filed
June 2008HailGorham-no account filed
June 2008HailGorham-no account filed
May 2007HailGorham-no account filed
May 2006HailGorham-no account filed
August 2006HailGorham-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGorham-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGorham-no account filed
July 2006HailGorham-no account filed
April 2005HailGorham-no account filed
July 2004HailGorham-no account filed
July 2004HailGorham-no account filed
May 2002HailGorham-no account filed
May 2002HailGorham-no account filed
May 2002HailGorham-no account filed
June 2002HailGorham-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Russell 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
Balta5.7 miles13
Russell8.7 miles13
Fairport11.3 miles12
Homer12.0 miles14
Milberger13.1 miles13
Bunker Hill16.9 miles13
Paradise16.9 miles13
Waldo20.2 miles13

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 GorhamAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q269292The 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.