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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Population over time
2 figuresHealy 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 234 | |
| 2020 | 195 | -39 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Healy quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Healy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2015Regional 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 burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lane County | 545 |
| 30 March 2020 | Natural | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 24 November 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2482 |
| 23 October 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2196 |
| 20 October 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1712 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 68 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | $300,000 | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Healy | - | Law enforcement reported 1.5 inch hail. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | Powerlines down in this location. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Healy | - | Rainfall of 4.70 inches was observed. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Healy | - | There were only a few the size of a golf ball. Most stones were quarter sized. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (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 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Healy | - | This tornado moved almost due north. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Healy | - | There was brief circulation at the surface from this apparent weak tornado. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Healy | - | Many county roads were flooded. |
| May 2015 | Heavy Rain | Healy | - | Rainfall of 3.80 was measured. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | 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 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Healy | - | The condensation funnel was very long and skinny and made contact with the ground for about 2 minutes. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Healy | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | An open shed was blown across the road and into a field. |
| October 2011 | Tornado (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 2010 | Flood | Healy | - | 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 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Healy | - | This was a smaller tornado from the cyclic supercell that did not strike anything to damage. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | The wind was reported at a weather lab site in Healy. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Healy | - | Winds were also estimated to be 55 mph that accompanied the hail. |
| September 2008 | Hail | Healy | - | The trained spotter reported that the hail covered the ground. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Healy | - | EF1 damage was done to trees and a barn. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Healy | - | This tornado moved over farmland and did not strike anything. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | The high wind was measured at the Healy high school. |
| September 2007 | Heavy Rain | Healy | - | Rain totals measured from 2.75 to 4 inches at in and near Healy. |
| May 2006 | Heavy Rain | Healy | - | 2.30" of rain fell overnight |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | Power lines blown down along with several large tree branches that damaged the roof of a house |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | Two to four inch diameter branches blown down. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Healy | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Healy | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Healy | - | 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.
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 Healy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3888302 | 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 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.



