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.
Population over time
2 figuresMaple 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 620 | |
| 2020 | 631 | +11 (+2%) |
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
- 1953 USGS Maple Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 151 |
| 7 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,800 acres | Wabaunsee County | WARREN ROAD |
| 5 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 31 |
| 4 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 30 |
| 21 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 22 |
| 18 March 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,600 acres | Wabaunsee County | not named |
| 27 February 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 32 |
| 24 February 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,000 acres | Shawnee County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
55 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | 2 hurt | KHP reports a semi truck was blown off of I-70 due to high winds. Two occupants were treated for minor injuries. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Maple Hill | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Maple Hill | $50,000 | Water starting to cover road K30. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | $3,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds tore shingles off a roof and lifted a camper off a trailer near Maple Hill. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Maple Hill | $1,000 | Highway K-30 between Interstate 70 and Maple Hill closed due to high water from flash flooding. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | $1,000 | Strong winds damaged a road sign along Interstate 70. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | Twelve inch diameter tree snapped in Maple Hill. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Maple 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | Report of significant tree damage and power outages in town. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Maple 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Maple 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | Semi-trailer truck blown over on I-70. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | A trained spotter near Maple Hill reported 60 mph wind gusts. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | Major structual damage was caused to an outbuilding. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | A 3 inch Walnut tree limb snapped. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | A trained spotter near Rossville reported an estimated 75 mph wind gust. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | Media and trained spotters reported hail from the size of pennies to the size of ping pong balls in Maple Hill. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | Two large trees blown down, which knocked down power lines. |
| May 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Maple Hill | - | Numerous reports of this funnel cloud. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Maple Hill | - | Brief touchdown from a mini-supercell. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Maple Hill | - | Brief touchdown from a mini-supercell. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | Hail up to lime size fell for several minutes. |
| March 2006 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | An indirect injury occurred when a vehicle slid out of control on hail slickened pavement. |
| July 2005 | Heavy Rain | Maple Hill | - | Basement flooding due to intense rain and ponding of water. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maple Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Maple Hill | - | 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.
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 Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2597831 | 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 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.







