Horace, Kansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Tribune Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67879. The Survey maps it on the Tribune quadrangle. 102 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,642 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHorace grew from 70 to 102 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 | 70 | |
| 2020 | 102 | +32 (+46%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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
- 1970 USGS Tribune quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Leoti quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Leoti quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Horace in 2017, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greeley County | 39 |
| 28 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greeley County | 29 |
| 27 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Greeley County | 28 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Greeley County | 8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 108 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horace in 108 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 59 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 10 tornado, 7 flash flood. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged roofs, knocked down trees, and blew a large grain bin 200 yards. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | $27,000 | Several power poles damaged along highway 27. An irrigation center pivot was also blown over with severe corn damage noted. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Horace | $5,750 | The windshield of a law enforcement vehicle was shattered. Wind and hail also broke windows at Hayhook Cattle Feeders in the office, scale house and on several vehicles. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | $3,000 | The roof of a home in Horace was damaged by thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2025 | Flood | Horace | $2,000 | Public photos of running water over County Road 17, just south of County Road L. This was 18 hours after the heavy rain had ended. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Horace | $500 | Car windows broken out while traveling K-96 west into Kiowa County. Estimated time and location based on radar. |
| August 2009 | Flood | Horace | $500 | Law enforcement reported water running across County Road 14 about 6-7 miles south of the Wallace-Greeley County line. Radar indicates the heavy rain fell during the middle to late afternoon hours and continued to affect low lying areas on county roads through the evening. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Horace | - | Greeley County dispatch relayed a report of golf ball sized hail near the Kansas/Colorado border. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | AWN Mesonet reported a 62 MPH wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | The Kansas Mesonet site reported a 2 meter wind gust of 59 mph. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | Spotter estimates 60 mph wind gusts and near zero visibility in rain on Hwy 96 near KS/CO border. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Horace | - | Hailed along the highway, estimated at half dollar size. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Horace | - | Photos provided showing hail next to ruler up to 2 inches in size. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | Kansas mesonet site KS-Tribune measured 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Horace | - | Report from dispatch of a tornado that touched the ground and went back up quickly. It was not ongoing as of the report. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Horace | - | Reports from MPing of hail starting at 0.75 inches and growing to 1.25 inches. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | EM reports more than 450 people without power assumably from the wind as 50-55 mph winds move across the area due to 10 power poles snapped, in the area of CR D and 7. Two irrigation pivots blown over, too. |
| July 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Horace | - | Landspout tornado reported roughly four miles north of Tribune. The landspout formed on or just to the west of Highway 27, then slowly moved east. The landspout remained over open land, so no damage was reported. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Horace | - | Dispatch received reports of pea to penny sized hail. Most of the hail was pea to dime in size. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Horace | - | Report of up to nickel sized hail with some crop damage. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Horace | - | Report received of hail up to pennies in size at Rd. I and KS-27. |
| July 2022 | Flood | Horace | - | No damage was reported from the flooding. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Horace | - | Report received of sporadic dime to quarter sized hail at location. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Horace | - | Sheriff's office passed along a report via social media of a ping pong ball sized hail at location. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Horace | - | Report received of 3.5-inch diameter hail near location. Time is radar-estimated. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Horace | - | Brief landspout reported. Tornado lasted about 6 minutes. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Horace | - | Quarter sized hail reported at location. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Horace | - | Dime to nickel sized hail reported at location. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Horace | - | No damage was reported with this tornado. According to reports, the tornado occurred near the CR I/CR 11 intersection. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | Dime size hail also occurred with the wind gusts. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Horace | - | The hail occurred with estimated 60 MPH wind gusts. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Horace | - | The storms which produced the heavy rainfall lingered over the flash flood area for several hours before moving east. Two videos were submitted the next day through social media of flood waters over the road 2 N of Horace on CR Horace and roughly 1 NE of Horace on CR O where the same branch of White Woman Creek crossed under both roads. The videos shows flood waters were atleast a couple feet deep across the road at some point during the night. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Horace | - | The storms which produced the heavy rainfall moved east of the flood area by mid evening. Two videos were submitted the next day through social media of flood waters over the road 2 N of Horace on CR Horace and roughly 1 NE of Horace on CR O where the same branch of White Woman Creek crossed under both roads. The videos shows flood waters were atleast a couple feet deep across the road at some point during the night. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Horace | - | Flash flooding was reported on CR 12 near Highway 96. Most likely location is roughly half a mile south of the CR S/CR 12 intersection where CR 12 dips down into a low spot. |
| September 2016 | Flash Flood | Horace | - | Flash flooding was reported along CR O. Most likely location is roughly a half mile west of Highway 27 where White Woman Creek flows under CR O. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Horace | - | The landspout location was estimated to be just north of CR N between CR 17 and Highway 27. The landspout moved very little during its lifetime. Based on the subtle rotation on radar, the landspout may have moved slightly west during its lifetime. No damage was reported with the landspout. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Horace | - | Two videos were submitted through social media of flood waters over the road 2 N of Horace on CR Horace and roughly 1 NE of Horace on CR O where the same branch of White Woman Creek crossed under both roads. The videos on the morning of the 28th show flood waters were atleast a couple feet deep across the road at some point during the night. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Horace | - | Estimated time of report from radar. The hail ranged from nickel to quarter in size. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Horace | - | Flooding was reported on Highway 96 from Horace to Tribune. With higher rainfall amounts to the west of this report area roads also had flooding in low lying areas. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | Along with the wind, 1.10 inches of rain was measured with pea size hail falling briefly. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | Had some yard flooding about a foot deep, but no know flooding on any roads. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Horace | - | Relayed through Spotter Network. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | A spotter 5 miles north of Tribune estimated peak wind gusts to 60 mph as the gust front passed. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Horace | - | Mostly pea-sized, but a few stones were quarter sized. Time estimated by radar. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Horace | - | Near zero visibility also reported. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Horace | - | Law enforcement report relayed to NWS from Greeley County emergency manager. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Horace | - | Hail report was from highway 27 and county road I. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Horace | - | An estimated four to six inches of water flowing over the road at the intersection of CR K and CR 12. There was enough water over the road the officer was forced to turn around. |
| August 2013 | Flood | Horace | - | Two feet of running water reported across Road 13 near White Woman Creek just south of Road N. Radar estimated 2.5 to 3.0 inches of rain upstream of this location a few hours earlier. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Horace | - | Baseball to softball size hail reported. Time estimated from radar. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | Storm chaser estimated peak winds to be near 60 mph. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Horace | - | Time estimated from Doppler radar. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Horace | - | Wallace county sheriff's office reported water running over county roads. At 530 pm MDT, rainfall of 2.75 inches was measured near this location. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Horace | - | Report was relayed via Vortex 2 field project. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Horace | - | Report was relayed via Vortex 2 field project. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | Six to eight inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Horace | - | Peak winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Horace | - | Brief duration tornado viewed both from southern Wallace county and from northwest of Tribune. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Horace | - | Brief tornado viewed northwest of Tribune. |
| May 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Horace | - | Law enforcement reported a tornado which lasted approximately 3 to 4 minutes. A grainy video taken with a cellular phone showed the tornado was small and over an open field. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unified Government of Greeley County (balance) | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Tribune | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Astor | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Whitelaw | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Walkinghood | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Kanco | 13.4 miles | 14 |
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 Horace | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1903871 | 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 471490. 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.




