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Healy, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cheyenne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67850. The Survey maps it on the Healy quadrangle. 195 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,766 feet above sea level.

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Healy within Lane County

Population over time

2 figures

Healy fell from 234 to 195 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
2010234
2020195-39 (-17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Healy between 2015 and 2020, burning about 15 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
6 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLane County545
30 March 2020Natural10 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
24 November 2018Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresKansas Forest Service2482
23 October 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2196
20 October 2015Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service1712

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lane County

Storms near this place

60 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Healy in 68 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 40 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 4 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
July 1996Thunderstorm WindHealy$300,000no account filed
April 2025HailHealy-Law enforcement reported 1.5 inch hail.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHealy-Powerlines down in this location.
July 2020Heavy RainHealy-Rainfall of 4.70 inches was observed.
July 2018HailHealy-There were only a few the size of a golf ball. Most stones were quarter sized.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Healy-This tornado appeared to be stronger than the rating but since it did not encounter anything, it was given a rating of EF0.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Healy-This tornado moved almost due north.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Healy-There was brief circulation at the surface from this apparent weak tornado.
May 2015FloodHealy-Many county roads were flooded.
May 2015Heavy RainHealy-Rainfall of 3.80 was measured.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHealy-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHealy-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHealy-There was also pea sized hail falling during the wind that was estimated to be 60 MPH. Tree branches were blown down by the high wind.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHealy-Several 4 inch diameter tree limbs were broken by the high wind. There was also one report of branches as big as six inches in diameter taken down by the wind. In addition, a semi was blown off the road.
August 2013Tornado (EF0)Healy-The condensation funnel was very long and skinny and made contact with the ground for about 2 minutes.
August 2011HailHealy-Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindHealy-An open shed was blown across the road and into a field.
October 2011Tornado (EF1)Healy-This tornado entered the county from Scott county at 950 PM CDT and struck a farm. Damage was done to outbuildings, trees and farm machinery.
April 2010FloodHealy-The Lane county sheriff reported that major street flooding was indicated in Healy. Water was 4 feet deep at the intersection of highway K4 in town.
April 2010Tornado (EF0)Healy-This was a smaller tornado from the cyclic supercell that did not strike anything to damage.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHealy-The wind was reported at a weather lab site in Healy.
September 2008HailHealy-Winds were also estimated to be 55 mph that accompanied the hail.
September 2008HailHealy-The trained spotter reported that the hail covered the ground.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Healy-EF1 damage was done to trees and a barn.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Healy-This tornado moved over farmland and did not strike anything.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHealy-The high wind was measured at the Healy high school.
September 2007Heavy RainHealy-Rain totals measured from 2.75 to 4 inches at in and near Healy.
May 2006Heavy RainHealy-2.30" of rain fell overnight
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHealy-Power lines blown down along with several large tree branches that damaged the roof of a house
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHealy-Two to four inch diameter branches blown down.
April 2022HailHealy-no account filed
April 2017HailHealy-no account filed
May 2016HailHealy-no account filed
May 2016HailHealy-no account filed
May 2015HailHealy-no account filed
June 2014HailHealy-no account filed
March 2012HailHealy-no account filed
August 2011HailHealy-no account filed
May 2011HailHealy-no account filed
May 2011HailHealy-no account filed
May 2011HailHealy-no account filed
July 2008HailHealy-no account filed
May 2008HailHealy-no account filed
May 2008HailHealy-no account filed
May 2008HailHealy-no account filed
September 2007HailHealy-no account filed
September 2007HailHealy-no account filed
September 2007HailHealy-no account filed
May 2004HailHealy-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindHealy-no account filed
June 2004HailHealy-no account filed
June 2003HailHealy-no account filed
October 2002HailHealy-no account filed
May 2001HailHealy-no account filed
August 2001HailHealy-no account filed
March 1998HailHealy-no account filed
June 1998HailHealy-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHealy-no account filed
July 1996HailHealy-no account filed
July 1996HailHealy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lane 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
Amy8.2 miles8
Shields9.2 miles8
Dighton11.4 miles8
Alamota18.9 miles8

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 HealyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3888302The 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 471471. 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.