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Holyrood, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67450. The Survey maps it on the Holyrood quadrangle. 403 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,804 feet above sea level.

Holyrood within Ellsworth County

On record in Holyrood

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Holyrood fell from 447 to 403 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
2010447
2020403-44 (-10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

8 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Holyrood between 2015 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. None 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 burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
23 July 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service2015014
27 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKansas Forest Service2018014
4 April 2020Debris and open burning80 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
12 April 2018Debris and open burning15 acresKansas Forest Service2018009
15 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2018006
11 March 2015Debris and open burning10 acresKansas Forest Service2015006
11 February 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreEllsworth County2017004
16 November 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ellsworth County

Storms near this place

57 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holyrood in 57 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 30 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 3 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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHolyrood$25,000A semi truck was blown over on Highway 156.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHolyrood$15,000Numerous trees and some power lines were downed in Holyrood. Additionally, A semi-trailer was blown off highway 156 just southwest of Holyrood.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Holyrood$12,500The tornado knocked over several large trees and a power pole.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHolyrood$5,000Several trees and tree limbs were downed in and around the Holyrood area. A van and a home sustained relatively minor damage when large limbs struck them. Courtesy The Salina Journal and The Ellsworth Independent Reporter.
September 2018FloodHolyrood$100Fifth road on the east side of Holyrood and also avenue T was reported flooded.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHolyrood$100Numerous tree limbs were downed.
May 2024HailHolyrood-Quarter sized hail was reported just east of the main hail core.
July 2022Heavy RainHolyrood-A Cocorahs observer reported 1.76 inches from the storm.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-A semi truck was blown over on highway 156.
June 2020Heavy RainHolyrood-In the past 24 hours there was 4.54 inches of rain that fell.
June 2020HailHolyrood-Estimated 3.25 inch hail between Holyrood and Lorraine.
August 2019Heavy RainHolyrood-This was a 24 hour total.
April 2016Tornado (EF0)Holyrood-The tornado remained in rural areas.
September 2015HailHolyrood-The hail was nickel to quarter size.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-Reported by local law enforcement.
November 2012HailHolyrood-Wind gusts to 80 mph accompanied the large hail.
November 2012Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-The strong winds were accompanied by golfball size hail.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-Winds were estimated around 80 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-Both law enforcement and a trained spotter reported winds estimated between 60 and 70 mph.
August 2011HailHolyrood-Law enforcement and a trained spotter reported one-inch diameter hail.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-Quarter size hail occurred with the wind.
April 2010HailHolyrood-The hail was driven by 60 mph winds.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-A trained spotter also reported some minor street flooding.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Holyrood-A brief tornado touchdown in open country.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-Pea sized hail occurred along with the wind.
May 2007Tornado (EF1)Holyrood-The tornado dissipated 4.7 miles south of Holyrood.
March 2000Flash FloodHolyrood-Widespread thunderstorms produced rainfalls of 3 to 4 inches across much of the county. Highway 111 was closed due to flooding. Flash flooding also occurred on Highway 14 at milepost 162. In addition, many sideroads were also completely flooded and barricaded including two roads in Holyrood where Plum Creek overflowed. By 507 PM, the flooding had spread into downtown Ellsworth where three roads were closed. Reports were also received from area newspapers.
May 1999HailHolyrood-Golfball-sized hail damaged approximately 15,000 acres of crops including 20-30% of the wheat crop.
May 2025HailHolyrood-no account filed
June 2024HailHolyrood-no account filed
May 2021HailHolyrood-no account filed
June 2019HailHolyrood-no account filed
May 2017HailHolyrood-no account filed
November 2012HailHolyrood-no account filed
April 2008HailHolyrood-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-no account filed
September 2003HailHolyrood-no account filed
April 2002HailHolyrood-no account filed
June 2002HailHolyrood-no account filed
June 2002HailHolyrood-no account filed
June 2002HailHolyrood-no account filed
August 2002HailHolyrood-no account filed
August 2002HailHolyrood-no account filed
August 2002HailHolyrood-no account filed
June 2001HailHolyrood-no account filed
May 1999HailHolyrood-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-no account filed
May 1998HailHolyrood-no account filed
June 1997HailHolyrood-no account filed
August 1997HailHolyrood-no account filed
August 1997HailHolyrood-no account filed
May 1997Tornado (F0)Holyrood-no account filed
May 1997Tornado (F0)Holyrood-no account filed
May 1996HailHolyrood-no account filed
May 1996HailHolyrood-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindHolyrood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellsworth 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
Lorraine5.2 miles14
Frantz (historical)9.5 miles15
Black Wolf12.1 miles14
Midway13.7 miles15
Ellsworth13.9 miles14
Kanopolis16.0 miles14
Wilson16.8 miles14
Yankee Run21.4 miles14

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 HolyroodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2383717The 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 475543. 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.