Johnson, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Stanton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67855. The Survey maps it on the Johnson West quadrangle. 1,464 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,432 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresJohnson fell from 1,495 to 1,464 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 | 1,495 | |
| 2020 | 1,464 | -31 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1900 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Johnson West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ulysses quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Ulysses quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Johnson between 2016 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 1 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 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2020 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 26 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3 |
| 15 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2 |
| 14 January 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1 |
Storms near this place
60 of 238 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnson in 238 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 135 hail, 78 thunderstorm wind, 9 flash flood, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | $50,000 | Pivot irrigation sprinkler overturned. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | $4,000 | Power lines blown down |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | AWOS station KJHN Johnson City recorded a 60 mph wind gust. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | A storm chaser reported 1.5 inch hail via social media in Johnson City. Another public report via social of 1 inch hail occurred a few minutes later also in Johnson City. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | The emergency manager reported 3 inch hail at location 2 (outside of Manter) and 1 inch hail a couple minutes prior at location 1. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | Pictures of golf ball sized hail via social media. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | Pictures of 2 inch measured hail via social media. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Johnson | - | Off-duty NWS employee reported a tornado with a photo. Shortly after, multiple storm chasers corroborated the report with more reports and pictures of the tornado. It was a very brief tornado with no damage. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Johnson | - | The emergency manager reported 1 inch hail. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | The emergency manager reported a 68 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | AWOS station KJHN Johnson City reported a 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | The emergency manager reported street flooding and flooding of low lying areas in Johnson City and rural areas just outside of town due to multiple rounds of heavy rain. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | Emergency Manager reported water covering the roads in the low lying areas between Johnson and Manter. Again confirmed the continuing report 25 minutes later. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Measured by the AWOS station at Johnson City. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Measured by the AWOS station at Johnson City. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Measured by the AWOS at Airport. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | The KJHN reported wind gust 94 mph. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Three inch tree limbs broken. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Three inch diameter branches down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Measured at Johnson City Airport. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | One inch tree limbs broken. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | Severe street flooding was reported. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Johnson | - | This was a brief landspout tornado. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Johnson | - | The hail ranged from pea to ping ball sized. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Johnson | - | A small funnel was observed underneath a shower. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | There were multiple reports of 60 MPH winds. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH and there was dime sized hail falling while the high wind occurred. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 80 MPH. |
| July 2018 | Flood | Johnson | - | Several rural roads were flooded. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Johnson | - | Rainfall was 2.52 inches. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Twenty power poles were blown down by the high wind. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | Water was over the pavement near Road 12 and Old Highway 160. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | Heavy rain caused a local area of flash flooding across several county roads and also across Highway 27. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Johnson | - | Highway 27 was closed due to flooding across the road. City streets were also flooded. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Power poles were blown down by the high wind. There was also damage to houses from hail and wind. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 70 MPH. |
| September 2015 | Flood | Johnson | - | Water 4 to 5 inches deep was flowing across Highway 27. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Johnson | - | Hail accumulated to a depth of more than 4 inches. Also, three inches of rain fell resulting in local flooding. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Johnson | - | Rainfall of 3 inches fell during the period resulting in minor local flooding. |
| July 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Johnson | - | A weak landspout lasted about 5 minutes but did not cause any damage. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Numerous power poles were blown down by the high wind in the Johnson City area. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | An unspecified number of power poles were blown down. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Johnson | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | The wind was estimated. |
| November 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Johnson | - | The tornado passed just west of the landfill and winds were estimated to be 70 mph at the landfill. Hail covered the ground during the event. |
| November 2008 | Hail | Johnson | - | The hail ranged from pea to quarter sized. |
| October 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | The wind was measured at a KSNW weather lab site. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Johnson | - | Rainfall of 2.40 was measured. |
| February 2007 | Flood | Johnson | - | Snow melt produced widespread flooding, especially near and west of Johnson. Many roads were covered with water and many county roads were destroyed by the flooding. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Johnson | - | A continued problem from February where runoff from snow melt caused flooding in the county. A few roads were washed out or heavily damaged. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | The wind gust was reported at the KSN weather lab. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Johnson | - | Two and one half inches of rain fell overnight. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Johnson | - | Rainfall of 2.40 inches was reported. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Johnson | - | Measured at the KSNW-TV weather lab at the Johnson middle school. |
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.
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 Johnson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2232350 | 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 471702. 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.







