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Hunnewell, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Haven Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67140. It stands on Meridian Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Haven quadrangle. 44 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,115 feet above sea level.

Hunnewell within Sumner County

Population over time

2 figures

Hunnewell fell from 67 to 44 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
201067
202044-23 (-34%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

18 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Hunnewell between 2015 and 2020, burning about 445 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service21350
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKansas Forest Service131
20 September 2020Debris and open burning40 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Service127
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service126
26 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Service125
1 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSumner County21260
10 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresKansas Forest Service117

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumner County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hunnewell: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunnewell in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Hunnewell$125,000Two semi tractor trailers were blown off of the Kansas Turnpike right at the state line as the tornado crossed the interstate. The overturned semi's temporarily closed Interstate 35 for a short time as they blocked traffic in both directions. The tornado also caused significant tree damage as it moved northeast into rural Sumner County, Kansas.
June 2008HailHunnewell$2,000Ping pong ball sized hail fell on cars along the Kansas Turnpike just north of the state line.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHunnewell-A public report of wind gusts near 60 mph and very heavy rainfall.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHunnewell-This wind gust was measured on a handheld anemometer.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Hunnewell-Brief tornado touchdown in open country.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindHunnewell-Wind gusts were estimated at 55 to 60 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindHunnewell-Winds estimated at 60 mph were reported by a trained spotter west of South Haven.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHunnewell-A trained spotter reported the gusty winds.
October 2016HailHunnewell-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHunnewell-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHunnewell-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHunnewell-no account filed
March 2000HailHunnewell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sumner 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
South Haven3.2 miles13
Drury4.4 miles13
Portland7.0 miles14
Ashton10.3 miles13
Rome10.7 miles13
Caldwell10.9 miles19
Corbin11.2 miles19
Perth12.9 miles19

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 HunnewellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q537860The 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 470084. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.