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Madison, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66860. It stands on Tate Branch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Madison quadrangle. 689 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,096 feet above sea level.

Madison within Greenwood County

On record in Madison

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

Population over time

2 figures

Madison fell from 701 to 689 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
2010701
2020689-12 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

18 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Madison between 2015 and 2018, burning about 828 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKansas Forest Service102
11 April 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGreenwood County7
7 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGreenwood County44
6 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGreenwood County6
6 March 2016Arson/incendiarism20 acresKansas Forest Service016-024
30 March 2015Equipment and vehicle use300 acresKansas Forest Service66
30 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Service65
30 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresKansas Forest Service67

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Storms near this place

60 of 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madison in 67 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 35 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 3 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
March 2012HailMadison$1,000,000Hail stone diameters ranged from golfball size to just over three-inches in Madison. Widespread roof and car damage likely occurred. This was the first (and largest) round of large hail to hit Madison within a two-hour period. Property damage amounts are rough estimates.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMadison$10,000A large tree fell on a house in Madison, partially damaging one side of the home.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindMadison$5,000The winds knocked down limbs and whole trees in Madison, where one tree fell on a house. Lesser winds of 60 mph passed over Eureka.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMadison$3,000Winds estimated between 45 and 55 mph partially downed a few power poles, and also produced some tree damage.
June 2010Flash FloodMadison$100Almost five inches of rainfall left a foot water on most streets in Madison and closed Highway 58 near Madison for a short time. Also, low water crossings across the county were closed due to the high water. Madison reported 4.97 inches of rainfall.
April 2026HailMadison-The report was relayed via Eureka Fire Department.
June 2025Flash FloodMadison-State highway K-58 east of Madison was closed due to flooding. A vehicle was reported stalled in Madison due to high water. The occupants were rescued.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMadison-Wind measured by personal weather station.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMadison-Tree damage and minor damage to buildings was reported as a result of strong outflow winds.
June 2022Tornado (EF0)Madison-A brief tornado on the southern end of Madison. The tornado trekked |southeast producing damage to a carport and trees. The most |significant damage was to a camper carport on the far southeast|side of town. The carport was broken into several pieces and |was displaced in multiple directions.
March 2021HailMadison-Winds of 50 mph were also reported.
July 2021Heavy RainMadison-This was a 24 hour rain total of 3.8 inches.
July 2020Heavy RainMadison-This is a 24 hour rainfall report of 3.42 inches.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMadison-The estimated 60 mph gusts downed limbs. A some small hail was also reported but the diameter wasn't specified.
May 2018HailMadison-Via local media social media account. It was a delayed report.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMadison-Nickel-sized hail and some tree damage was reported.
May 2015FloodMadison-Water was reported flowing across Kansas Highway 58 about 1 mile east of Madison.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMadison-Small tree limbs were reported down in Madison.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMadison-A roof was blown off of a barn.
May 2015FloodMadison-Reports of minor street flooding was noted at many low water crossings across the county.
May 2015FloodMadison-Radio station KVOE reported that K-99 was underwater at the Admire railroad underpass and K-58 is closed just east of Madison.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindMadison-An estimated 60 mph wind gust was noted.
May 2014HailMadison-A trained spotter reported to law enforcement that a lot of pea sized hail fell as well a few as big as quarters.
June 2014HailMadison-Pea to quarter sized hail was reported along with 1.90 inches of rainfall.
June 2014HailMadison-Hail was pea to quarter sized.
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Madison-Very brief tornado touchdown in an open field.
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Madison-Brief tornado touchdown in open country. The tornado was fairly stationary and did not cause any damage.
March 2012HailMadison-Hail stone diameters ranged from golfball to tennis ball size, with a few up to softball size.
March 2012FloodMadison-Very heavy rainfall of up to four inches over a three-hour period produced high water across Highway 58 about one mile east of Madison. Property or crop damage amounts, if any, are unknown.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMadison-The report was relayed by KSN-TV.
April 2010HailMadison-Hail was accompanied by 50 to 55 mph winds.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMadison-Quarter sized hail covered the ground.
April 2010HailMadison-The hail was accompanied by 60 mph winds.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMadison-A trained spotter reported the gust.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMadison-3 inch diameter tree limbs were blown down by severe straight line winds.
May 2004HailMadison-CO-OP observer.
May 2004HailMadison-Occurred on north side of town.
July 2004Flash FloodMadison-Water was reported over highway 57.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindMadison-Limbs blown down.
April 1999HailMadison-Hail occurred at Godfrey Airport.
April 2026HailMadison-no account filed
April 2026HailMadison-no account filed
April 2022HailMadison-no account filed
May 2020HailMadison-no account filed
May 2019HailMadison-no account filed
August 2017HailMadison-no account filed
May 2014HailMadison-no account filed
March 2012HailMadison-no account filed
March 2012HailMadison-no account filed
February 2011HailMadison-no account filed
June 2010HailMadison-no account filed
June 2009HailMadison-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMadison-no account filed
April 2006HailMadison-no account filed
June 2005HailMadison-no account filed
June 2005HailMadison-no account filed
June 2005HailMadison-no account filed
May 2004HailMadison-no account filed
July 2004HailMadison-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindMadison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenwood 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
Bisbee5.9 miles16
Lamont6.0 miles16
Hilltop7.5 miles16
Burkett9.4 miles16
Kenbro10.8 miles16
Hamilton10.9 miles14
Virgil12.6 miles15
Thrall13.1 miles16

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 MadisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2624327The 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 477828. 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.