Holcomb, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sherlock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67851. The Survey maps it on the Garden City West quadrangle. 2,245 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,884 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHolcomb grew from 2,094 to 2,245 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 | 2,094 | |
| 2020 | 2,245 | +151 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1896 USGS Garden quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Garden City West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Holcomb between 2002 and 2020, burning about 10,068 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Fireworks | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2002 | Natural | 18 acres | Greeley County | not named |
| 4 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Finney County | 465 |
| 4 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 387 |
| 4 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 31 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 394 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 33 |
| 20 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Finney County | 511 |
| 2 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Finney County | 451 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 118 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holcomb in 118 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 73 hail, 33 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Hail | Holcomb | $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | $1,500,000 | Significant roof damage occurred at the Holcomb High School. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | $1,000,000 | Major damage was done to the Holcomb power plant. The roof was blown off the boiler house, panels blown off the sides of the building and 9 empty coal cars were blown over. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | $1,000,000 | Sunflower electric reported damage as greater than 60 knot thunderstorm wind passed through. A six story coal stacker was moved 240 feet! Damage was done to the stacker and coal cars. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | $100,000 | Damage was done to pivot irrigation sprinklers, to a house and to a fence. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | $50,000 | A pivot irrigation sprinkler was overturned. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | $50,000 | High winds caused roof damage in Holcomb, picked up and carried trash dumpsters over parked vehicles, and blew the windows out of vehicles. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Report of a 59 mph wind gust received from AWN Casade Rodney observation site. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Report from mPing indicated a tree was uprooted and a roof was blown off a building. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Holcomb | - | Rainfall of 2.70 inches was observed. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Observed at the Holcomb middle school. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Holcomb | - | Rainfall of 2.00 inches was observed. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | The winds were estimated to be at least 60 mph. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | This wind report was from the KSN weather lab in Holcomb. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Holcomb | - | This was a landspout that developed southwest of Garden City but occurred over sand hills full of sage brush and did not cause any damage. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | The wind was measured at a KSNW weatherlab site. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Damage was done to trees. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Holcomb | - | There was high wind with this hail. |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Holcomb | - | Four inches of rain fell in a short period of time. |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Holcomb | - | Three inches of rain fell in a short period of time. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Trees were uprooted by the high wind. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Numerous shingles were blown off. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Holcomb | - | This was another brief spinup under the mesocyclone. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | From the KSN-TV weather lab. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Location is at a KSN-TV weather lab site |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | The wind was measured on KSN-TV weather lab equipment |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Holcomb | - | This landspout tornado did no damage. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Three inch limbs blown down |
| May 2001 | Flash Flood | Holcomb | - | Water was over highway 50. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | School weather lab. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Holcomb | - | Had 55 mph wind along with the hail. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Holcomb | - | On Finney/Kearny county line. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Holcomb | - | Although damage was F1, this tornado was rated higher based on observation and video. Damage was done to two golf courses, a few house roofs, power lines, and one overturned tractor-semitrailer at the dying stage of the tornado. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Holcomb | - | Although damage was F1, this tornado was rated higher based on observation and video. Damage was done to two golf courses, a few house roofs, power lines, and one overturned tractor-semitrailer at the dying stage of the tornado. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | High winds caused roof damage in Holcomb, picked up and carried trash dumpsters over parked vehicles, and blew the windows out of vehicles. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Tornado touched down briefly in an open field near Jennie Baker Road and Mary Street. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Holcomb | - | A tornado touched down briefly with no damage or injuries reported. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Holcomb | - | Large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | Large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| June 2024 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holcomb | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Holcomb | - | 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 Holcomb | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q951266 | 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 471611. 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.






