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Hillsboro, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hillsboro City. It lies in ZIP code area 67063. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle. 2,732 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,430 feet above sea level.

Hillsboro within Marion County

On record in Hillsboro

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hillsboro fell from 2,993 to 2,732 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
20102,993
20202,732-261 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

36 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Hillsboro between 2015 and 2020, burning about 538 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning23
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service82
4 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service99
17 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarion County81
16 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Servicenot named
31 May 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service83
11 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service62
1 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service41
7 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service23

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

60 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsboro in 66 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 26 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 4 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
July 2001LightningHillsboro$1,500,000City of Hillsboro electrical and maintenance building was struck and considered a total loss. Time of occurrence is approximate.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$40,000A powerful thunderstorm produced extensive damage throughout the town of Hillsboro. Numerous large trees were uprooted, utility poles were downed, and street signs were blown over. Consequently, much of the town lost power. Fortunately, structural damage was relatively light, with the exception of three large umbrella-shaped canopies destroyed at the Hillsboro Family Aquatic Center. Information courtesy of the Hillsboro Star newspaper.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$30,000Law enforcement reports large trees down. The KSN weather lab at Marion High School reported a wind gust to 57 mph.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$15,000Winds estimated around 80 mph damaged a handful of farmsteads just west of Hillsboro. Outbuildings were heavily damaged or destroyed, windows were broken, trees were uprooted and limbs snapped. Information courtesy of the Peabody Gazette-Bulletin.
April 2008HailHillsboro$15,000Ten to fifteen minutes of dime to nickel size hail caused some scattered, mostly minor roof damage across Hillsboro. However, one business's tar roof was possibly totaled, along with a broken skylight.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$5,000Winds estimated around 70 mph broke numerous home windows on the west side of Hillsboro. Information courtesy of the Peabody Gazette-Bulletin.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$5,000Large trees were downed just north of Hillsboro.
May 1993HailHillsboro$5,000A thunderstorm dropped three-quarter inch hail briefly at Hillsboro.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$1,000Large tree branches were knocked down.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Estimated wind gusts around 60 mph.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Emergency call center reports trees down.
June 2023Heavy RainHillsboro-Twenty four hour total of a Cocorahs observer of 1.38 inches.
September 2023FloodHillsboro-Emergency manager reported a number of streets flooded in the city of Hillsboro.
July 2022Heavy RainHillsboro-A Cocorahs observer reported 2.67 inches in 24 hours.
November 2022Heavy RainHillsboro-A Cocorahs observer reported 2.72 inches of rainfall.
April 2022Tornado (EF0)Hillsboro-There was a brief touchdown in an open field.
May 2021Heavy RainHillsboro-This was a 24 hour rainfall report from the KS Mesonet.
May 2020FloodHillsboro-Minor street and low land flooding was reported in most communities across the county due to heavy rain on top of already saturated grounds. Most rainfall amounts were between 1 and 2.5 inches.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-This was an estimated wind gust.
May 2019HailHillsboro-Received via social media.
May 2019FloodHillsboro-A water rescue occurred at 170th & Falcon Rd.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-There were no reports of damage.
June 2015Flash FloodHillsboro-Water was reported over the bridge.
September 2014Heavy RainHillsboro-The emergency manager measured 6.5 inches of rain.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-The winds occurred with golfball size hail.
February 2012HailHillsboro-The hail occurred with winds estimated at 70 mph along Highway 15 north-northwest of Hillsboro.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
May 2007Flash FloodHillsboro-Numerous, slow-moving thunderstorms produced widespread 3 to 5 inch rainfall amounts from roughly Goessel to Hillsboro to Lincolnville during the late afternoon hours on May 23rd, to the early morning hours on May 24th. This caused widespread countywide flash flooding. Numerous county roads were closed due to high water.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Hillsboro-A brief touchdown in open country.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-No reports of damage.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Hillsboro-Remained over open country.
October 1997Tornado (F0)Hillsboro-BRIEF TOUCHDOWN OVER OPEN COUNTRY
April 2026HailHillsboro-no account filed
April 2026HailHillsboro-no account filed
April 2026HailHillsboro-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
May 2019HailHillsboro-no account filed
May 2019HailHillsboro-no account filed
May 2019HailHillsboro-no account filed
August 2018HailHillsboro-no account filed
May 2016HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2011HailHillsboro-no account filed
May 2010HailHillsboro-no account filed
March 2009HailHillsboro-no account filed
May 2007HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
May 2003HailHillsboro-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
April 2002HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2002HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2002HailHillsboro-no account filed
June 2002HailHillsboro-no account filed
April 2002HailHillsboro-no account filed
October 2002Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed
June 2001HailHillsboro-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Canada4.9 miles15
Lehigh5.4 miles15
Eastshore7.2 miles15
Aulne8.6 miles15
Waldeck8.8 miles15
Durham9.3 miles15
Marion9.9 miles15
Goessel10.6 miles15

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 HillsboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1862688The 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 477350. 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.