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Matfield Green, Kansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Matfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66862. It stands on Little Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Matfield Green quadrangle. 49 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,316 feet above sea level.

Matfield Green within Chase County

On record in Matfield Green

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 3 records

Population over time

2 figures

Matfield Green grew from 47 to 49 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
201047
202049+2 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

7 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Matfield Green between 2002 and 2018, burning about 33,930 acres in total. None 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 burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
5 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresChase CountyNICKEL CREEK
29 April 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service31
28 March 2015Debris and open burning25 acresKansas Forest Service19
27 March 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined30,000 acresChase Countynot named
21 March 2015Smoking185 acresKansas Forest Service13
11 March 2015Debris and open burning65 acresKansas Forest Service8
8 January 2017Equipment and vehicle use1,150 acresChase County2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chase County

Storms near this place

40 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Matfield Green in 40 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 11 hail, 3 flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 9 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
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green6 hurt, $380,000Severe thunderstorm winds derailed 38 cars of a 118-car Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight train. One of the derailed freight cars, a unibody tank car filled with sulphur dioxide, forced the evacuation of an estimated 250 residents. Six firemen and law enforcement officers, exact number of each unknown, were treated at the scene for respiratory ailments.
October 2017LightningMatfield Green3 hurtThree state transportation workers were injured, while working along the Kansas Turnpike, when their vehicle was struck by lightning. One worker was inside the vehicle, while two others were nearby. All three of the employees were taken to the hospital, two were treated and released, while the other was hospitalized in fair condition.
May 2009FloodMatfield Green$100,000Three to four inches of rainfall caused flooding across the county. Numerous low water crossings were flooded with portions of the Kansas Turnpike near mile post 101 closed because of high water.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green$10,000Tree limbs of unknown size were blown down on Highway 177 near Matfield Green. The limbs were large enough that a chainsaw was needed to cut them up.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green$10,000A tree fell on the Kansas Turnpike on the south bound side at Mile Marker 101.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green$5,000Roof damage and large limbs downed.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green$500A few shingles were blown off a roof.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-A cedar tree was blown over.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-Storm chaser reported an estimated wind gust of 70 mph along Kansas Highway 177.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-Measured by an anemometer along the Kansas Turnpike.
April 2023HailMatfield Green-Hail covered the ground with winds gusting to around 50 mph.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-Measured wind gust of 55kts.
October 2023Heavy RainMatfield Green-A mesonet station 2 north of Matfield Green measured 5.11 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. Rainfall amounts around the county ranged from 2.5 to 5.11 inches.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-This was a measured gust.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-This was reported as an estimated gust.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-There were multiple media reports of a 21-car train derailment. There were no reports of injuries or whether or not any of the cars were transporting hazardous materials.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-Winds were estimated by a storm chaser.
March 2016HailMatfield Green-The hail occurred at the Matfield Green service plaza on the Kansas Turnpike.
July 2016Tornado (EF0)Matfield Green-A very brief touchdown of 15 seconds was reported over open country.
July 2013FloodMatfield Green-The Kansas Turnpike was closed briefly between mileposts 90 and 110. It was reopened.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-Winds were estimated at 50 to 60 mph.
August 2008FloodMatfield Green-Water was flowing over Highway 177 north of Matfield Green.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-Widespread tree damage.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-no account filed
April 2010HailMatfield Green-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-no account filed
May 2004HailMatfield Green-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-no account filed
May 2004HailMatfield Green-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-no account filed
June 2003HailMatfield Green-no account filed
June 2003HailMatfield Green-no account filed
July 2003HailMatfield Green-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMatfield Green-no account filed
August 2000HailMatfield Green-no account filed
June 1998HailMatfield Green-no account filed
June 1998HailMatfield Green-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Chase 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
Bazaar7.9 miles12
Wonsevu11.2 miles14
Gladstone13.2 miles16
Clements13.6 miles13
Cottonwood Falls14.7 miles12
Cedar Point15.4 miles14
Elmdale15.5 miles13
Strong City16.5 miles14

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 Matfield GreenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1837581The 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 477807. 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.