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Hanston, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marena Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67849. It stands on Saw Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hanston quadrangle. 259 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,156 feet above sea level.

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Hanston within Hodgeman County

Population over time

2 figures

Hanston grew from 206 to 259 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
2010206
2020259+53 (+26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Hanston between 2006 and 2017, burning about 4,530 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHodgeman County1
17 April 2015Smoking50 acresKansas Forest Service1
15 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4,480 acresKansas CountiesHODGEMAN EAST
8 October 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hodgeman County

Storms near this place

60 of 141 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanston in 141 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 95 hail, 35 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 heavy rain. 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
October 2017Thunderstorm WindHanston$60,000Five miles of power poles, or around 80, were blown down by the high wind along US Highway 156.
May 2008FloodHanston$12,000The Emergency Manager reported water over several county roads and was greater than six inches deep.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHanston$3,000Five power poles were snapped off by the high wind.
June 1998HailHanston$1,800Windshield broken.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHanston-A personal weather station recorded a wind gust of 65 mph. The same station again recorded 65 mph a few minutes later.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHanston-Report of 8 to 10 inch tree branches snapped via social media.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHanston-The report was from the B-Hart Farm AWN weather station.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHanston-This report was received from an AWN weather station.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHanston-A mesonet site recorded a 63 mph wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHanston-The wind was estimated at 70-80 mph from outflow ahead of incoming storms. A 16-18 inch round live tree broke off and fell on the house with only minor damage. There was an old garage with part of the roof torn off.
May 2024Heavy RainHanston-Rainfall report of 1.85 inches.
May 2022HailHanston-Most of the stones were smaller than golf ball sized.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHanston-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHanston-A semi truck was overturned by the high wind and three power poles were broken.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHanston-One to two inch diameter tree branches were broken.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHanston-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2019FloodHanston-Water was still over roads, including highway 156.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHanston-A cattle shed was severely damaged by high wind.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindHanston-Numerous power poles were blown down by the high wind.
December 2016Thunderstorm WindHanston-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2015Tornado (EF0)Hanston-A small landspout lasted about 5 minute but did nothing but lift some dirt into the air.
August 2013Heavy RainHanston-Rainfall of 5.17 was reported.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHanston-Widespread tree and power pole damage was reported in Hanston. There were also outbuildings damaged. The damage extended well south of Hanston. There were 106 power poles down in approximately a 10 mile radius south & west of Hanston. There were 6 of the bigger H poles that were also blown down. Various other wind damage reports in the county included water tanks that were missing, a windmill (smaller private, not big commercial) that was damaged, and a shed that was damaged.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHanston-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHanston-Power lines were blown down by the high wind.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHanston-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHanston-Three to four inch diameter tree branches were broken.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHanston-Three inch diameter tree branches were broken. There was also a lot of dust picked up and that reduced visibilities.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHanston-Wind gusts were estimated to be from 55 to 60 mph.
July 2007Heavy RainHanston-Rainfall of 2.40 inches fell.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHanston-Three inch diameter tree branches blown down.
May 2006HailHanston-The crop was moved down by the hail. Hail drifts to 18 inches deep.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHanston-Trees uprooted by the wind.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHanston-Two steel doors were blown off a shed.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHanston-Three inch diameter tree branches were broken by the wind.
April 2001HailHanston-Report was for 4w Burdett
April 2001HailHanston-report was for 5W burdett
June 2001Tornado (F0)Hanston-Nothing to damage, maybe greater than F0.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Hanston-Nothing to damage but was probably stronger than F0. This tornado moved into Pawnee county (same as 2017-2021 tornado in Pawnee county).
June 2000Flash FloodHanston-Streets flooded.
October 2000HailHanston-Hail lasted 36 minutes and piled 10 inches deep on the east side of the home.
October 2000HailHanston-Hail lasted 30 minutes.
May 1995Tornado (F2)Hanston-The tornado was rated F0 for damage, but F2 for intensity based on observation.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHanston-no account filed
May 2022HailHanston-no account filed
June 2020HailHanston-no account filed
June 2020HailHanston-no account filed
June 2020HailHanston-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHanston-no account filed
May 2019HailHanston-no account filed
July 2018HailHanston-no account filed
May 2018HailHanston-no account filed
May 2018HailHanston-no account filed
October 2017HailHanston-no account filed
October 2017HailHanston-no account filed
October 2017HailHanston-no account filed
May 2015HailHanston-no account filed
April 2015HailHanston-no account filed
June 2015HailHanston-no account filed
June 2015HailHanston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hodgeman 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
Gray4.5 miles15
Bosse6.8 miles15
Orwell7.3 miles15
Dungans Crossing8.1 miles15
Jetmore9.9 miles15

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 HanstonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2673274The 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 475828. 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.