Louisville, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Louisville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66547. It stands on Elm Slough. The Survey maps it on the Louisville quadrangle. 131 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,010 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLouisville fell from 188 to 131 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 | 188 | |
| 2020 | 131 | -57 (-30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1889 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wamego quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Louisville between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2,514 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1176012 |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Pottawatomie County | 2017014 |
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Pottawatomie County | 28 |
| 3 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 44 |
| 3 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Kansas Forest Service | FLINT ROCK |
| 29 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015060 |
| 11 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 51 |
| 10 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 47 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Louisville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mc Carter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wamego Sand Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louisville in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 2007 | Flood | Louisville | $50,000 | Moderate or greater flooding of Rock Creek in the vicinity of Louisville and the Kansas River in the vicinity of Wamego. Some lowland flooding and a few county roads closed. |
| May 2000 | Lightning | Louisville | $1,000 | Lightning did minor damage to a home near Louisville. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Louisville | $250 | Small creek overflowed from the heavy rainfall, resulting in low lying homes being affected. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Louisville | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Louisville | - | Deep water flowing over Louis Vieux Road from farm field. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Louisville | - | Emergency management reported visual confirmation of a |tornado at this location with no reliable damage indicators impacted. |Time estimated based on radar data. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Louisville | - | Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were also reported. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Wind knocked down power lines. |
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Louisville | - | Rock Creek was out of its banks and was flooding residences in Louisville. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | The public reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Louisville | - | Highway 99 two miles north of Wamego has been closed due to heavy rain. Highway 24 eastbound at Camp Creek Road closed due to rushing water. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | Seven telephone poles sheared apart. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | High winds damaged the historic Louis Vieux Elm tree east of Lousiville, knocking off several limbs. The tree is estimated to be about 130 years old. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Louisville | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Louisville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wamego | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Saint George | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Flush | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Belvue | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Laclede | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Swamp Angel | 9.7 miles | 18 | |
| Westmoreland | 11.2 miles | 17 | |
| Aikins | 13.3 miles | 16 |
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 Louisville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2736390 | 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 476241. 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.







