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Maple Hill, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Maple Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66507. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maple Hill quadrangle. 631 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 974 feet above sea level.

Maple Hill within Wabaunsee County

Population over time

2 figures

Maple Hill grew from 620 to 631 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
2010620
2020631+11 (+2%)

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

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Maple Hill between 1994 and 2018, burning about 15,584 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
19 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Service151
7 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,800 acresWabaunsee CountyWARREN ROAD
5 April 2018Arson/incendiarism20 acresKansas Forest Service31
4 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service30
21 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service22
18 March 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,600 acresWabaunsee Countynot named
27 February 2016Arson/incendiarism100 acresKansas Forest Service32
24 February 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined12,000 acresShawnee Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wabaunsee County

Storms near this place

55 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maple Hill in 55 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 25 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill2 hurtKHP reports a semi truck was blown off of I-70 due to high winds. Two occupants were treated for minor injuries.
September 2005Flash FloodMaple Hill$100,000no account filed
May 2007Flash FloodMaple Hill$50,000Water starting to cover road K30.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill$3,000Strong thunderstorm winds tore shingles off a roof and lifted a camper off a trailer near Maple Hill.
May 2007Flash FloodMaple Hill$1,000Highway K-30 between Interstate 70 and Maple Hill closed due to high water from flash flooding.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill$1,000Strong winds damaged a road sign along Interstate 70.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-Twelve inch diameter tree snapped in Maple Hill.
June 2023HailMaple Hill-Softball sized hail relayed via law enforcement through 800 mhz radio. However it is noted that no photo evidence was associated with this report. There were no other reports of larger than ping pong ball size hail occurred with this storm.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-Report of significant tree damage and power outages in town.
April 2016FloodMaple Hill-Waterman Crossing and Highway 30 leading into Maple Hill has significant water over Highway 30. This is due to poor drainage in the area. One water rescue occureed by KHP at this location. KDOT has closed the road.
September 2016Flash FloodMaple Hill-Creek is flooding out of its bank and nearly over-topping the road. the same creek is also producing minor flooding near Willard. K-30 is also closed near Maple Hill.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-Semi-trailer truck blown over on I-70.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-A trained spotter near Maple Hill reported 60 mph wind gusts.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-Major structual damage was caused to an outbuilding.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-A 3 inch Walnut tree limb snapped.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-A trained spotter near Rossville reported an estimated 75 mph wind gust.
June 2008HailMaple Hill-Media and trained spotters reported hail from the size of pennies to the size of ping pong balls in Maple Hill.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-Two large trees blown down, which knocked down power lines.
May 2007Funnel CloudMaple Hill-Numerous reports of this funnel cloud.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Maple Hill-Brief touchdown from a mini-supercell.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Maple Hill-Brief touchdown from a mini-supercell.
March 2006HailMaple Hill-Hail up to lime size fell for several minutes.
March 2006HailMaple Hill-An indirect injury occurred when a vehicle slid out of control on hail slickened pavement.
July 2005Heavy RainMaple Hill-Basement flooding due to intense rain and ponding of water.
May 2017HailMaple Hill-no account filed
April 2014HailMaple Hill-no account filed
May 2009HailMaple Hill-no account filed
April 2008HailMaple Hill-no account filed
June 2008HailMaple Hill-no account filed
April 2007HailMaple Hill-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-no account filed
March 2006HailMaple Hill-no account filed
April 2006HailMaple Hill-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-no account filed
June 2005HailMaple Hill-no account filed
June 2005HailMaple Hill-no account filed
June 2004HailMaple Hill-no account filed
August 2004HailMaple Hill-no account filed
November 2003HailMaple Hill-no account filed
May 2002HailMaple Hill-no account filed
May 2002HailMaple Hill-no account filed
April 2001HailMaple Hill-no account filed
April 2001HailMaple Hill-no account filed
April 2001HailMaple Hill-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-no account filed
June 2000Flash FloodMaple Hill-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-no account filed
May 1999HailMaple Hill-no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-no account filed
May 1997HailMaple Hill-no account filed
October 1997Thunderstorm WindMaple Hill-no account filed
May 1995HailMaple Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wabaunsee 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
Vera3.8 miles16
Paxico7.4 miles16
Newbury7.8 miles16
Keene8.8 miles16
McFarland11.3 miles16
Allendorph14.4 miles16
Alma14.6 miles16
Hessdale15.3 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 Maple HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2597831The 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 476617. 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.