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Hardtner, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elwood Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67057. The Survey maps it on the Hardtner quadrangle. 167 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,424 feet above sea level.

Hardtner within Barber County

Population over time

2 figures

Hardtner fell from 172 to 167 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
2010172
2020167-5 (-3%)

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

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hardtner in 2017, burning under an acre 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/undetermined1

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
24 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBarber County62417

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barber County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hardtner: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Terrace Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barber County

Storms near this place

60 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardtner in 77 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 40 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 8 heavy rain, 2 tornado. 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
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHardtner$360,000Trees were reported in town. The school gym was torn off and there was also damage to the local COOP. Damage extended out into the county.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHardtner$500Power pole blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHardtner-A KZLF Transmitter Site recorded a wind gust of 64 mph.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHardtner-The KZLF Transmitter Site recorded a 64 mph wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHardtner-The radio KZLF Transmitter Site recorded a 60 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHardtner-The KZLF Transmitter Site recorded a wind gust of 58 mph.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Mesonet site (KZLF transmitter) recorded a wind gust of 62 MPH.
June 2021Heavy RainHardtner-Rainfall of 3.90 inches was observed.
July 2020Heavy RainHardtner-Rainfall of 3.80 inches was observed and 3.30 inches of that total fell in less than 3 hours.
October 2018Heavy RainHardtner-Rainfall for the period was 5.30 inches.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Numerous tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were broken. Hail of unknown size stripped leaves from nearby corn.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Tree branches were broken by the high wind.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHardtner-There was also a blowout and fire at a crude oil tank.
June 2017Heavy RainHardtner-Rainfall of 2.50 inches was observed.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
April 2015HailHardtner-Most of the hail was pea sized.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Two to three inch tree limbs were broken by high wind.
April 2013HailHardtner-Pea to quarter sized hail covered the ground.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Three inch diameter tree limbs were blown down and wind driven hail broke out a window on a pickup topper. The size of the hail was unknown.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHardtner-A couple of two foot diameter trees were uprooted.
August 2010Heavy RainHardtner-Rainfall of 3.25 was observed.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHardtner-One inch diameter tree limbs were broken.
May 2010Heavy RainHardtner-Rainfall of 2.40 was reported during the early morning hours at a location 8 miles WNW of Hardtner.
April 2008HailHardtner-Quarter sized hail covered the ground.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Three to four inch tree limbs were blown down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Three to four inch diameter tree branches broken by the high wind.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Hardtner-This rain wrapped tornado was over open range land. It may have damaged trees but the area was not accessible to a survey.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindHardtner-Two inch tree limbs were blown down.
March 2004Tornado (F0)Hardtner-This was a brief tornado with multiple dust swirls at times.
July 1995HailHardtner-Trees and power lines down, some damage to homes.
June 2017HailHardtner-no account filed
April 2013HailHardtner-no account filed
April 2013HailHardtner-no account filed
July 2013Heavy RainHardtner-no account filed
April 2012HailHardtner-no account filed
April 2012HailHardtner-no account filed
April 2012HailHardtner-no account filed
April 2012HailHardtner-no account filed
June 2011HailHardtner-no account filed
May 2010HailHardtner-no account filed
May 2009HailHardtner-no account filed
July 2009HailHardtner-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHardtner-no account filed
April 2008HailHardtner-no account filed
March 2008HailHardtner-no account filed
March 2008HailHardtner-no account filed
June 2008HailHardtner-no account filed
June 2007HailHardtner-no account filed
May 2007HailHardtner-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHardtner-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHardtner-no account filed
March 2004Heavy RainHardtner-no account filed
March 2004HailHardtner-no account filed
May 2004HailHardtner-no account filed
May 2004HailHardtner-no account filed
May 2004HailHardtner-no account filed
June 2004HailHardtner-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHardtner-no account filed
June 2004HailHardtner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barber 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
Stubbs4.5 miles14
Eldred6.8 miles14
Kiowa8.7 miles15
Gerlane10.9 miles14
Hazelton14.3 miles15
Aetna17.3 miles14
Pixley17.9 miles14
Medicine Lodge18.8 miles14

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 HardtnerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2345413The 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 470530. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.