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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.

Linn within Washington County

Population over time

2 figures

Linn 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.

YearPeople Change
2010410
2020387-23 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

1 since 2017

Regional 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/undetermined1

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
18 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWashington County3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

48 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1994HailLinn$5,000no account filed
May 1993HailLinn$500no account filed
May 2023HailLinn-Quarter sized hail reported.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLinn-A tree limb at least 10 inches in diameter knocked down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLinn-Tree limb at least six inches in diameter knocked down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLinn-Report of a 60 mph wind gust from a trained spotter.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindLinn-Wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2019Tornado (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 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Farm with metal out buildings and corn bin were destroyed. Horse trailer blown into the corn field. Time was estimated from radar data.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Large tree limbs down, up to 3 inches in diameter. Time was estimated from radar data.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Tree limb 6 inches in diameter was broken.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Numerous (25) power poles were down. Time was estimated from radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Large tree branches down with diameters up to 3 inches. Estimated wind speeds of 75 MPH, time was estimated by radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Golf ball size hail was also reported.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Hardwood tree uprooted with an estimated wind speed of 94 MPH. Time was determined from radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Several electric poles snapped in Linn. Time was estimated from radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Metal roof pulled away from building in Linn. Time was estimated from radar.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLinn-Large tree branches down, up to 3 inches in diameter. Time was estimated from radar data.
October 2016HailLinn-Hail lasted for 2 minutes in duration.
September 2015HailLinn-Baseball sized hail with estimated 60 to 70 mph wind gusts.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindLinn-Wind gusts estimated 60 to 70 mph with baseball sized hail.
September 2015HailLinn-Wind gusts estimated around 30 mph.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindLinn-Wind gusts estimated.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindLinn-Trained storm spotters across Washington County reported 60 mph winds.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindLinn-The visibility was zero in strong winds and heavy rain. Also a 16 to 18 inch tree was uprooted.
March 2006HailLinn-Hail covered the ground.
May 2004Tornado (F0)Linn-A tornado touched down briefly in open country.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindLinn-no account filed
August 2024HailLinn-no account filed
August 2024HailLinn-no account filed
April 2016HailLinn-no account filed
May 2016HailLinn-no account filed
September 2015HailLinn-no account filed
June 2012HailLinn-no account filed
June 2012HailLinn-no account filed
June 2012HailLinn-no account filed
June 2012HailLinn-no account filed
March 2011HailLinn-no account filed
March 2011HailLinn-no account filed
March 2006HailLinn-no account filed
April 2005HailLinn-no account filed
April 2005HailLinn-no account filed
May 2005HailLinn-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindLinn-no account filed
May 2005HailLinn-no account filed
July 2002HailLinn-no account filed
April 2001HailLinn-no account filed
August 2000HailLinn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Palmer4.5 miles13
Greenleaf6.6 miles15
Kimeo7.5 miles15
Enosdale7.5 miles13
Strawberry9.3 miles13
Washington9.7 miles13
Chepstow10.5 miles15
Barnes11.3 miles15

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 LinnAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2562024The 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.