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.
Population over time
2 figuresHoyt 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 669 | |
| 2020 | 593 | -76 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Elmont quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 437 |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 335 |
| 21 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Jackson County | 277 |
| 21 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 412 |
| 2 August 2018 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 675 |
| 4 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 342 |
| 28 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 330 |
| 25 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 230 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
55 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2005 | Flash Flood | Hoyt | $190,000 | Muddy Creek flooding Highway 75 a foot deep in several places. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Lightning | Hoyt | $2,000 | Lightning struck a propane tank and started a fire that did minor damage as well as burning most of the propane. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | $1,000 | Strong winds broke a power pole. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Hoyt | - | Mostly half inch hailstones but a few quarter size pieces. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Hoyt | - | Report from observer northeast of Hoyt. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Public report. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Report from mping of one inch tree limbs down and shingles blown off roof. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Lawn furniture blown around. Winds estimated up to around 70 mph. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Three to four inch diameter tree limbs down from a live tree. Also had 3.15 inches of rain total. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Hoyt | - | Several roads are closed due to flooding in the town of Hoyt. Also the intersection of 102 Road and S Road is closed. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Hoyt | - | 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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Tree branches down in town. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Trees blown across the road with several three inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Law enforcement reported 75 mph winds with golfball-sized hail. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Widespread tree and power line damage was reported near Hoyt. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | Small outbuilding blown over. Spotter estimated wind speeds of 65-70mph. |
| September 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Hoyt | - | A small tornado hit again in open county with no reports of damage. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Hoyt | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyt | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayetta | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Denison | 10.8 miles | 18 | |
| Birmingham | 11.2 miles | 18 | |
| Delia | 13.8 miles | 19 | |
| Holton | 15.1 miles | 18 | |
| Carbon (historical) | 16.8 miles | 18 | |
| Circleville | 19.7 miles | 17 | |
| Whiting | 24.1 miles | 18 |
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 Hoyt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2196058 | 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 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.






