Hamilton, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Janesville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66853. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton quadrangle. 182 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHamilton fell from 268 to 182 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 | 268 | |
| 2020 | 182 | -86 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1885 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton between 1996 and 2020, burning about 28,625 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 112 |
| 20 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 99 |
| 18 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,000 acres | Greenwood County | not named |
| 6 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Greenwood County | 38 |
| 6 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Greenwood County | 39 |
| 5 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,500 acres | Greenwood County | HAMLITON |
| 15 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 44 |
| 12 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 38 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamilton in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Hamilton | $75,000 | Tornado moved north of Hamilton causing roof damage to one home and a few other farm buildings. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $20,000 | Emergency manager reported multiple trees down and wind damage to outbuildings 5 to 6 miles south of Hamilton. Sheriffs deputy estimated winds of 75 mph. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $15,000 | A small barn was destroyed by winds estimated around 70 mph. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $5,000 | Power poles and several trees were knocked down along 230th street south of Hamilton. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | $1,000 | The strong winds downed tree limbs and knocked out power in Hamilton and surrounding areas. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Hamilton | $100 | Water was reported over Highway 99 north of Hamilton. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches occurred. |
| May 2019 | Flood | Hamilton | $100 | Numerous low water crossings were flooded across the northern portions of the county. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Hamilton | $100 | Heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding to the north of Eureka along Highway 99. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | The emergency manager reported the gust. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | There was widespread 4 to 6-inch tree limbs down in Hamilton. Some of the limbs were 12 inches in diameter. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Hamilton | - | Pic was sent to EM. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | Winds that were estimated around 43 knots/50 mph were reported across Greenwood County. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | Power lines are down with some minor tree damage. Power outages were noted city wide. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Hamilton | - | The hail fell on the south end of town. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | No damage was reported. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | Reported by county official. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Hamilton | - | The tornado briefly touched down in an open field and caused no damage. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hamilton | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Hamilton | - | 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 Hamilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2184148 | 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 474437. 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.







