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Louisburg, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Louisburg City. It lies in ZIP code area 66053. The Survey maps it on the Louisburg quadrangle. 4,969 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,093 feet above sea level.

Louisburg within Miami County

On record in Louisburg

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Louisburg grew from 4,315 to 4,969 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
20104,315
20204,969+654 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Louisburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 322 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
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use7
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
26 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service185
2 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKansas Forest Service172
14 July 2018Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service158
11 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKansas Forest Service156
29 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Service148
24 June 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreMiami County121
1 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service124
4 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service100

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miami County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Louisburg: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
West Line QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Storms near this place

47 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louisburg in 47 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 24 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1995HailLouisburg$750,000Severe thunderstorms dropped dime-size hail and knocked down large tree limbs in the Hillsdale area. The storm continued east to Louisburg where it dropped hail up to golf ball size. The hail punched fist-sized holes in vinyl siding and smashed windows on a few homes. Just north of town, the hail covered the ground several inches deep. A car dealership had damage to nearly every car on the lot, and five sheriff's department vehicles were damaged. Winds knocked down tree limbs and power lines, and nearly 1200 customers were without power.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Louisburg$5,000At 0945CST a brief EF0 tornado touchdown was observed about a half mile west southwest of Louisburg. The tornado lifted at 0947CST. A truck was overturned and heavily damaged. Minor building damage also observed.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$5,000A tree was blown down onto a car.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$5,000no account filed
June 1995Thunderstorm WindLouisburg$2,000Winds up to 65 mph occurred at Louisburg, and tree limbs were downed.
April 2026HailLouisburg-Quarter sized hail reported west of Louisburg.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Estimated 65 mph wind gusts in Louisburg.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Law enforcement reported straight-line wind damage east of US-69 on 311th Street. Time estimated from radar.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Estimated 60 mph wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-A resident near Louisburg, Kansas recorded a 70 mph wind gust from a Davis weather station. There were also some tree branches down in the area.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Numerous trees were down from Louisberg, east - northeast to the Missouri and Kansas state line. The exact number of trees damaged and/or destroyed is unknown.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-A tree of approximately 6 inches was down over the a road. This report was received via social media.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-An 18 inch tree blew down along with lots of limbs.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Thunderstorm winds downed power lines near 311th street and Highway 69.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Several telephone poles were snapped near their base along Metcalf Road between 303rd and 327th streets.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Trees and power lines were blown down in this area.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-The power went out and 5 to 6 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph, with tree damage reported.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Four to five inch tree limbs were reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
May 2002Flash FloodLouisburg-Numerous roads flooded in the eastern and central parts of the county.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Power lines and trees down.
April 1998HailLouisburg-Public reported hail one inch in diameter in a severe thunderstorm at 233rd St and Metcalf which is 4 miles north of Louisburg.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-Strong winds from the same severe thunderstorm that dropped the large hail near Paola produced damaging winds in the Louisburg area. Winds gusted to 70 MPH in downtown Louisburg and were also reported by a spotter at the intersection of Highways 169 and 58.
March 2018HailLouisburg-no account filed
March 2018HailLouisburg-no account filed
August 2018HailLouisburg-no account filed
February 2017HailLouisburg-no account filed
February 2011HailLouisburg-no account filed
April 2006HailLouisburg-no account filed
April 2006HailLouisburg-no account filed
April 2005HailLouisburg-no account filed
April 2005HailLouisburg-no account filed
April 2005HailLouisburg-no account filed
April 2005HailLouisburg-no account filed
April 2005HailLouisburg-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindLouisburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLouisburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLouisburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLouisburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLouisburg-no account filed
May 2003HailLouisburg-no account filed
April 2001HailLouisburg-no account filed
August 2001HailLouisburg-no account filed
June 1996HailLouisburg-no account filed
May 1996FloodLouisburg-no account filed
September 1996HailLouisburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami 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
Somerset4.8 miles17
Chiles6.0 miles17
Wea6.7 miles17
Wagstaff6.9 miles17
Bucyrus7.6 miles17
Lento8.8 miles17
Hillsdale9.4 miles17
Drexel Corner9.9 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 LouisburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2587004The 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 479419. 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.