Linn, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Linn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66953. The Survey maps it on the Linn quadrangle. 387 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,460 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLinn fell from 410 to 387 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 | 410 | |
| 2020 | 387 | -23 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Washington quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Linn quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Concordia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Linn in 2017, burning about 5 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 | 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 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Washington County | 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linn in 48 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 26 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1994 | Hail | Linn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Linn | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Linn | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | A tree limb at least 10 inches in diameter knocked down. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Tree limb at least six inches in diameter knocked down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Report of a 60 mph wind gust from a trained spotter. |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Linn | - | Photos submitted show degree of damage to outbuilding and windows at a school suggest higher end EF0 type damage along a short path in Linn, Kansas. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Farm with metal out buildings and corn bin were destroyed. Horse trailer blown into the corn field. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Large tree limbs down, up to 3 inches in diameter. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Tree limb 6 inches in diameter was broken. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Numerous (25) power poles were down. Time was estimated from radar. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Large tree branches down with diameters up to 3 inches. Estimated wind speeds of 75 MPH, time was estimated by radar. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Golf ball size hail was also reported. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Hardwood tree uprooted with an estimated wind speed of 94 MPH. Time was determined from radar. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Several electric poles snapped in Linn. Time was estimated from radar. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Metal roof pulled away from building in Linn. Time was estimated from radar. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Large tree branches down, up to 3 inches in diameter. Time was estimated from radar data. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Linn | - | Hail lasted for 2 minutes in duration. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Linn | - | Baseball sized hail with estimated 60 to 70 mph wind gusts. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Wind gusts estimated 60 to 70 mph with baseball sized hail. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Linn | - | Wind gusts estimated around 30 mph. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | Trained storm spotters across Washington County reported 60 mph winds. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | The visibility was zero in strong winds and heavy rain. Also a 16 to 18 inch tree was uprooted. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Linn | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Linn | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Linn | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Linn | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palmer | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Greenleaf | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Kimeo | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Enosdale | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Strawberry | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Washington | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Chepstow | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Barnes | 11.3 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 Linn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2562024 | 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 473138. 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.





