Gypsum, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Eureka Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67448. It stands on Hobbs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gypsum quadrangle. 400 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,220 feet above sea level.
On record in Gypsum
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 1 record
Hobbs Creek Truss Leg Bedstead Bridgelisted 2004
Population over time
2 figuresGypsum fell from 405 to 400 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 | 405 | |
| 2020 | 400 | -5 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1889 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Gypsum quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Gypsum between 2016 and 2017, burning about 7 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Saline County | 21 |
| 2 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Saline County | 17 |
| 15 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Saline County | 29 |
| 13 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Saline County | 27 |
| 29 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 96 |
| 17 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 91 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gypsum in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 17 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Gypsum | $30,000 | Emergency management conducted water rescues across the northeast portion of Gypsum, due to flash flooding along the Gypsum Creek. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Gypsum | $10,000 | Emergency management reported either to twelve water rescues in Gypsum and Kipp due to rising water. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gypsum | $3,000 | A power pole was downed at the intersection of 3rd and King, and 4-inch tree limbs were downed in and around Gypsum. Courtesy of The Salina Journal. |
| June 2022 | Flood | Gypsum | $100 | Water covered a portion of Kansas Highway 4 due to flooding. Most of the flood waters were associated with the swollen Gypsum Creek. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Gypsum | - | Pea to quarter sized hail was reported near Gypsum. Small hail was coating the ground. |
| May 2021 | Flood | Gypsum | - | Water was reported over Hobbs Creek road. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Gypsum | - | This is a 24 hour rainfall report of 3.97 inches. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gypsum | - | Reported by the mesonet site. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gypsum | - | This report was via the Kansas Mesonet. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gypsum | - | This was a measured wind speed. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gypsum | - | There were no reports of damage. |
| October 2016 | Tornado (EF3) | Gypsum | - | A manufactured double wide home which was held down by straps was completely lifted and destroyed. Additionally a jeep was rolled approximately 200 yards; there was damage to other farm equipment which was tossed from their original locations. Another homestead received significant tree damage along the path. All farm machinery was thrown across the property. Of significance was a combine that was rolled about 75 yards. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Gypsum | - | Water covered Kansas Highway 4 south of Gypsum. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Gypsum | - | The roads were closed near the intersection of Donmyer Road and Hobbs Creek Road due to flooding. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Gypsum | - | Report was from a KAKE Television chaser. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Gypsum | - | Report was from a KAKE Television chaser. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Gypsum | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Gypsum | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Gypsum | - | Radio station KSAL. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Gypsum | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Gypsum | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kipp | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hallville | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Assaria | 9.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mentor | 9.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bridgeport | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| New Cambria | 12.7 miles | 16 | |
| Salina | 13.4 miles | 16 | |
| Salemsborg | 13.7 miles | 16 |
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 Gypsum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2357309 | 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 476963. 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.






