Kanopolis, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ellsworth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67454. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ellsworth quadrangle. 443 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,585 feet above sea level.
On record in Kanopolis
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Fort Harker Guardhouselisted 1972
Fort Harker Officers' Quarterslisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresKanopolis fell from 492 to 443 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 | 492 | |
| 2020 | 443 | -49 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1894 USGS Ellsworth quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ellsworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Russell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Kanopolis between 2015 and 2020, burning about 137 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/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 78 |
| 12 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 74 |
| 8 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 23 |
| 25 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 38 |
| 23 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ellsworth County | 2017009 |
| 22 March 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ellsworth County | 2017008 |
| 22 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 37 |
| 21 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 36 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kanopolis: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bates Sand Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 66 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kanopolis in 66 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 48 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Hail | Kanopolis | $170,000 | Two inch hail blasted the sides of houses across Kanopolis. The north side of the Community Centers siding was blasted by the hail. Skylights and windows were also broken across town. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kanopolis | $7,000 | Golfball sized hail broke windows, damaged a car and other property at a homestead. The large hail lasted for 5 minutes. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kanopolis | $5,000 | The hail covered the ground with numerous reports of broken glass. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | $5,000 | The winds gusted to 50 to 60 mph. Some small tree limbs were knocked down. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | $500 | One to 1.5 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Kanopolis | $100 | Water was reported over highway 140 east of Ellsworth. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | Reported a semi blown over at Mile Marker 222 on I-70 from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | Public reported via social media of a home with part of the roof blown off five miles northeast of Ellsworth KS. Tree limbs were reported down in Ellsworth KS. Time was estimated by radar. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | Trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 70 mph with 0.85 inches of rain in 15 minutes. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | Measured wind gust from a trained spotter. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | The ground was about 50 percent covered with hail. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | According to a report via social media, sections of an outbuilding roof were blown off. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Kanopolis | - | Rain fall total 24 hours of 1. 42 inches. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Kanopolis | - | A cocorahs observer in Kanopolis reported 3.90 inches in 24 hours. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | Also reported 1.3 inches of rain and 40 mph winds. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | There were no reports of damage. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | There were no reports of damage. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | Winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | A machine shed was damaged with the roof taken completely off and two walls also collapsed. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | Pea to half inch sized hail was also reported. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | The spotter's yard was covered with ping-pong to golfball-sized hail. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | CO-OP observer. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| April 2017 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Kanopolis | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanopolis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Carneiro | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Midway | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Yankee Run | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Venango | 10.3 miles | 18 | |
| Terra Cotta | 10.8 miles | 18 | |
| Black Wolf | 11.3 miles | 14 | |
| Frantz (historical) | 11.8 miles | 15 |
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 Kanopolis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1909273 | 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 475464. 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.





