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Hoyt, Kansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Douglas Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66440. The Survey maps it on the Elmont quadrangle. 593 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,171 feet above sea level.

Hoyt within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Hoyt fell from 669 to 593 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
2010669
2020593-76 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 20 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

102 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Hoyt between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,141 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresKansas Forest Service437
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service335
21 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreJackson County277
21 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service412
2 August 2018Smoking5.0 acresKansas Forest Service675
4 July 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service342
28 June 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service330
25 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service230

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

55 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoyt in 55 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 31 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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
October 2005Flash FloodHoyt$190,000Muddy Creek flooding Highway 75 a foot deep in several places.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHoyt$5,000no account filed
June 2001LightningHoyt$2,000Lightning struck a propane tank and started a fire that did minor damage as well as burning most of the propane.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHoyt$1,000Strong winds broke a power pole.
March 2025HailHoyt-Mostly half inch hailstones but a few quarter size pieces.
March 2024HailHoyt-Report from observer northeast of Hoyt.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Public report.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Report from mping of one inch tree limbs down and shingles blown off roof.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Lawn furniture blown around. Winds estimated up to around 70 mph.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Three to four inch diameter tree limbs down from a live tree. Also had 3.15 inches of rain total.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Delayed report of an ornamental tree, 10 inches in diameter was down on a neighbors house. Several 2-2.5 inch diameter limbs were down as well. Time was estimated from radar.
September 2016Flash FloodHoyt-Several roads are closed due to flooding in the town of Hoyt. Also the intersection of 102 Road and S Road is closed.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Wind gusts estimated.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Wind gusts estimated.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Wind gusts estimated.
July 2015Flash FloodHoyt-Several roads impassable or washed out in southern Jackson county. This includes 118th and hwy O, 126th and hwy K, 110th and hwy P4, and K rd north of 110th.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Tree branches down in town.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Trees blown across the road with several three inch diameter tree limbs down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Law enforcement reported 75 mph winds with golfball-sized hail.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Widespread tree and power line damage was reported near Hoyt.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindHoyt-Small outbuilding blown over. Spotter estimated wind speeds of 65-70mph.
September 1993Tornado (F0)Hoyt-A small tornado hit again in open county with no reports of damage.
April 2025HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2017HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2017HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2016HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2015HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2014HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2014HailHoyt-no account filed
March 2012HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2011HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2011HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2011HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2011HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2011HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2011HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2011HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2009HailHoyt-no account filed
March 2006HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2005HailHoyt-no account filed
October 2005HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2004HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2004HailHoyt-no account filed
March 2003HailHoyt-no account filed
May 2002HailHoyt-no account filed
July 2002HailHoyt-no account filed
September 2002HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2001HailHoyt-no account filed
April 2001HailHoyt-no account filed
June 2001HailHoyt-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHoyt-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindHoyt-no account filed
June 1998HailHoyt-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindHoyt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Mayetta6.3 miles17
Denison10.8 miles18
Birmingham11.2 miles18
Delia13.8 miles19
Holton15.1 miles18
Carbon (historical)16.8 miles18
Circleville19.7 miles17
Whiting24.1 miles18

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 HoytAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2196058The 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 478318. 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.