Harveyville, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Plumb Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66431. It stands on Coon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harveyville quadrangle. 178 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,138 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHarveyville fell from 236 to 178 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 | 236 | |
| 2020 | 178 | -58 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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 Burlingame quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Burlingame quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Harveyville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Harveyville between 2009 and 2020, burning about 6,642 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 51 |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 389 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 39 |
| 18 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Riley County | 181 |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 25 |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 102 |
| 4 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 29 |
| 17 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 32 |
| 11 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 35 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harveyville in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 21 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 12 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF2) | Harveyville | 1 killed, 12 hurt | As the line of thunderstorms moved eastward across northeast Kansas on of the strongest storms spawned a brief, but very strong tornado, which impacted the town of Harveyville, Kansas. The tornado was short-lived, but was able to destroy a large portion of the town. Several houses were completely destroyed, as was a church in the center of town. A National Weather Service survey team determined that the tornado rated an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. At least a dozen injuries occurred with this storm, one of which became fatal after a day in the hospital. The tornado continued into Osage County and weakened. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Harveyville | $50,000 | Two to four feet of water over eight mile road north of Harveyville. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Harveyville | $15,000 | A small weak tornado damaged some buildings, a barn and knocked down power poles and lines. Wheat and a few other crops were also damaged or destroyed. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Harveyville | - | Delayed report. From restaurant in Harveyville. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harveyville | - | Report via social media showed at least 4 inch limb down from the top of a large pecan tree. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harveyville | - | Small limbs reported down in Harveyville. Winds estimated to be between 50 and 60 mph. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harveyville | - | Several small tree limbs down. Wind gusts estimated. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harveyville | - | A county official reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust near Harveyville. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Harveyville | - | Water was crossing portions of K31 Highway near Harveyville. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harveyville | - | Shingles blown off roof of spotter's home, and the homes of several neighbors. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Harveyville | - | A storm total 2 inches of rain was also reported. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Harveyville | - | A tornado touched down briefly near Harveyville. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Harveyville | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Harveyville | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Harveyville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bradford | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Eskridge | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Keene | 12.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hessdale | 15.6 miles | 16 | |
| Vera | 20.4 miles | 16 | |
| Maple Hill | 20.6 miles | 16 | |
| Allendorph | 21.6 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 Harveyville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2051498 | 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 479431. 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.







