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Hillsdale, Kansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Marysville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66071. It stands on Sixmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring Hill quadrangle. 247 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 892 feet above sea level.

Hillsdale within Miami County

Population over time

2 figures

Hillsdale grew from 229 to 247 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
2010229
2020247+18 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

65 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Hillsdale between 2006 and 2020, burning about 277 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Debris and open burning11
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMiami County236
4 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMiami County234
29 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
5 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
10 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreJohnson County1910138
30 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service178
30 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresJohnson Countynot named
22 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1420097

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami County

Storms near this place

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsdale in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 18 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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
April 2026HailHillsdale-Tennis ball sized hail reported near Hillsdale.
April 2026HailHillsdale-Two inch hail reported south of Hillsdale.
April 2026Tornado (EF2)Hillsdale-Shortly before 820 PM CDT on Monday April 13th, 2026, a|supercell thunderstorm, that had previously resulted in an EF-|2 tornado in Ottawa, KS, strengthened and developed a second|tornado just east of Hillsdale Lake in northern Miami County,|Kansas. Initial damage was confined to the campground and park|headquarters. The tornado strengthened to an EF-1 as it followed W|255th St and crossed Harmony Rd. The Tornado continued east|toward the town of Hillsdale, KS. After crossing Hospital Rd, the|tornado strengthened to EF-2 with a peak wind estimated to be|115 mph as it impacted a single family home, before doing|significant damage to several storage facilities just west of Old|KC Rd. The tornado began to weaken as it crossed rural areas,|before ending just short of US Hwy 169 north of 255th St.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Downed wires and power outages near 215th Street.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gust.
June 2022Tornado (EF0)Hillsdale-This was the first of the two Miami county tornadoes. It developed along the trailing end of the larger line of thunderstorms moving across the Kansas City metro area. This tornado damaged the Louisburg Cider Mill.
July 2020Flash FloodHillsdale-Off and on moderate to heavy rain caused several areas to reach 6-10 inches of rainfall. One area that experienced some minor flash flooding was around the Hillsdale area, where a normally dry creek bed was running swiftly.
August 2017Flash FloodHillsdale-US HWY 169 was closed just south of Spring Hill due to flooding on the roadway.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 80 mph.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-10 foot trees uprooted around 223rd and Cedar Niles Road.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Law enforcement officials reported downed trees and power lines west of Hillsdale.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Law enforcement officials estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-The Miami County Sheriff's Office reported 60 MPH winds during a severe thunderstorm 6 miles west of Hillsdale. The thunderstorm winds knocked down several large trees.
May 1997Flash FloodHillsdale-Thunderstorms dropped 1 to 3 inches of rain over Miami County on top of the several inches of rain that fell the previous day. This resulted in flash flooding in the Hillsdale area. The county sheriff's office reported water covering Old KC Road a mile south of Hillsdale and a foot of water over 255th St west of Highway 169 in town.
May 1997HailHillsdale-A severe weather spotter reported 2 inch diameter hail in a severe thunderstorm along Highway 169 about 3 miles east of Hillsdale.
April 1995HailHillsdale-Severe thunderstorms dropped dime-size hail and knocked down large tree limbs in the Hillsdale area. The storm continued east to Louisburg where it dropped hail up to golf ball size. The hail punched fist-sized holes in vinyl siding and smashed windows on a few homes. Just north of town, the hail covered the ground several inches deep. A car dealership had damage to nearly every car on the lot, and five sheriff's department vehicles were damaged. Winds knocked down tree limbs and power lines, and nearly 1200 customers were without power.
April 1995HailHillsdale-Severe thunderstorms dropped dime-size hail and knocked down large tree limbs in the Hillsdale area. The storm continued east to Louisburg where it dropped hail up to golf ball size. The hail punched fist-sized holes in vinyl siding and smashed windows on a few homes. Just north of town, the hail covered the ground several inches deep. A car dealership had damage to nearly every car on the lot, and five sheriff's department vehicles were damaged. Winds knocked down tree limbs and power lines, and nearly 1200 customers were without power.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Several trees were downed, as well as several road signs and billboards.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Severe thunderstorms dropped dime-size hail and knocked down large tree limbs in the Hillsdale area. The storm continued east to Louisburg where it dropped hail up to golf ball size. The hail punched fist-sized holes in vinyl siding and smashed windows on a few homes. Just north of town, the hail covered the ground several inches deep. A car dealership had damage to nearly every car on the lot, and five sheriff's department vehicles were damaged. Winds knocked down tree limbs and power lines, and nearly 1200 customers were without power.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-Thunderstorm winds downed trees.
May 2017HailHillsdale-no account filed
March 2017HailHillsdale-no account filed
May 2010HailHillsdale-no account filed
June 2008HailHillsdale-no account filed
February 2007HailHillsdale-no account filed
August 2006HailHillsdale-no account filed
November 2005HailHillsdale-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-no account filed
May 2003HailHillsdale-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindHillsdale-no account filed
August 1999HailHillsdale-no account filed
June 1996HailHillsdale-no account filed
June 1994HailHillsdale-no account filed
June 1994HailHillsdale-no account filed
September 1993HailHillsdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami 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
Wagstaff2.9 miles17
Lento3.0 miles17
Chiles4.9 miles17
Somerset5.7 miles17
Paola6.2 miles17
Antioch6.7 miles17
Bucyrus8.4 miles17
Ringer9.2 miles17

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 HillsdaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3887030The 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 479414. 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.