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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.

Hamilton within Greenwood County

Population over time

2 figures

Hamilton 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.

YearPeople Change
2010268
2020182-86 (-32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

14 since 1996

Regional 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/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Service112
20 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Service99
18 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined23,000 acresGreenwood Countynot named
6 March 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreGreenwood County38
6 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresGreenwood County39
5 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5,500 acresGreenwood CountyHAMLITON
15 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresKansas Forest Service44
12 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKansas Forest Service38

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Storms near this place

33 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Tornado (F1)Hamilton$75,000Tornado moved north of Hamilton causing roof damage to one home and a few other farm buildings.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHamilton$20,000Emergency 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 2011Thunderstorm WindHamilton$15,000A small barn was destroyed by winds estimated around 70 mph.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHamilton$5,000Power poles and several trees were knocked down along 230th street south of Hamilton.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHamilton$1,000The strong winds downed tree limbs and knocked out power in Hamilton and surrounding areas.
May 2019FloodHamilton$100Water was reported over Highway 99 north of Hamilton. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches occurred.
May 2019FloodHamilton$100Numerous low water crossings were flooded across the northern portions of the county.
September 2009Flash FloodHamilton$100Heavy rainfall caused widespread flooding to the north of Eureka along Highway 99.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindHamilton-The emergency manager reported the gust.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHamilton-There was widespread 4 to 6-inch tree limbs down in Hamilton. Some of the limbs were 12 inches in diameter.
April 2019HailHamilton-Pic was sent to EM.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHamilton-Winds that were estimated around 43 knots/50 mph were reported across Greenwood County.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHamilton-Power lines are down with some minor tree damage. Power outages were noted city wide.
August 2017HailHamilton-The hail fell on the south end of town.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHamilton-No damage was reported.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHamilton-Reported by county official.
June 2009Tornado (EF0)Hamilton-The tornado briefly touched down in an open field and caused no damage.
July 2025HailHamilton-no account filed
July 2023HailHamilton-no account filed
May 2022HailHamilton-no account filed
June 2022HailHamilton-no account filed
May 2018HailHamilton-no account filed
May 2018HailHamilton-no account filed
August 2017HailHamilton-no account filed
May 2014HailHamilton-no account filed
October 2014HailHamilton-no account filed
May 2004HailHamilton-no account filed
July 2004HailHamilton-no account filed
March 2003HailHamilton-no account filed
July 2003HailHamilton-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHamilton-no account filed
June 1998HailHamilton-no account filed
May 1995HailHamilton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenwood 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
Bisbee6.0 miles16
Utopia6.5 miles14
Burkett6.9 miles16
Virgil8.2 miles15
Hilltop8.4 miles16
Thrall8.6 miles16
Tonovay8.8 miles14
Madison10.9 miles16

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 HamiltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2184148The 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.