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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.

Harveyville within Wabaunsee County

Population over time

2 figures

Harveyville 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.

YearPeople Change
2010236
2020178-58 (-25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

50 since 2009

Regional 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 June 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service51
5 May 2018Debris and open burning389 acresKansas Forest Service39
18 May 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreRiley County181
5 April 2018Debris and open burning20 acresKansas Forest Service25
4 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service102
4 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service29
17 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service32
11 April 2015Debris and open burning8.0 acresKansas Forest Service35

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabaunsee County

Storms near this place

36 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2012Tornado (EF2)Harveyville1 killed, 12 hurtAs 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 2007Flash FloodHarveyville$50,000Two to four feet of water over eight mile road north of Harveyville.
May 1995Tornado (F0)Harveyville$15,000A 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 2025HailHarveyville-Delayed report. From restaurant in Harveyville.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHarveyville-Report via social media showed at least 4 inch limb down from the top of a large pecan tree.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHarveyville-Small limbs reported down in Harveyville. Winds estimated to be between 50 and 60 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHarveyville-Several small tree limbs down. Wind gusts estimated.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHarveyville-A county official reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust near Harveyville.
May 2010Flash FloodHarveyville-Water was crossing portions of K31 Highway near Harveyville.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindHarveyville-Shingles blown off roof of spotter's home, and the homes of several neighbors.
October 2007HailHarveyville-A storm total 2 inches of rain was also reported.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Harveyville-A tornado touched down briefly near Harveyville.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Harveyville-A tornado touched down briefly in open country.
May 2014HailHarveyville-no account filed
April 2012HailHarveyville-no account filed
May 2010HailHarveyville-no account filed
August 2010HailHarveyville-no account filed
March 2009HailHarveyville-no account filed
May 2008HailHarveyville-no account filed
June 2006HailHarveyville-no account filed
May 2004HailHarveyville-no account filed
May 2004HailHarveyville-no account filed
May 2004HailHarveyville-no account filed
April 2003HailHarveyville-no account filed
May 2002HailHarveyville-no account filed
April 2001HailHarveyville-no account filed
April 2001HailHarveyville-no account filed
May 2000HailHarveyville-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindHarveyville-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindHarveyville-no account filed
October 2000HailHarveyville-no account filed
August 2000HailHarveyville-no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindHarveyville-no account filed
October 1998Flash FloodHarveyville-no account filed
March 1998HailHarveyville-no account filed
April 1996HailHarveyville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wabaunsee 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
Wilmington3.1 miles14
Bradford4.7 miles16
Eskridge9.1 miles16
Keene12.3 miles16
Hessdale15.6 miles16
Vera20.4 miles16
Maple Hill20.6 miles16
Allendorph21.6 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 HarveyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2051498The 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.