Milford, Kansas
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Milford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66514. It stands on Madison Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milford quadrangle. 408 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,158 feet above sea level.
On record in Milford
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 1 record
James Dixon Houselisted 1998
Population over time
2 figuresMilford fell from 530 to 408 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 | 530 | |
| 2020 | 408 | -122 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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.
- 1886 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Fort Riley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Milford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Milford between 2012 and 2019, burning about 9,292 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Geary County | 58 |
| 17 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 62018 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Geary County | 52 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 38 |
| 7 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18 |
| 4 March 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,200 acres | Fort Riley Kansas | TRAINING AREA 60 |
| 23 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Geary County | 42 |
| 23 March 2015 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 46 |
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 Milford: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John D. Gray | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Walker Cut Stone Co. | Limestone, General | Unknown |
Storms near this place
29 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milford in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 14 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 7 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | 5 hurt | Trained spotters, law enforcement officers, and emergency management reported 60 to 70 mph wind gusts near Milford Lake in Geary County. In Junction City power lines and transformers were damaged. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | 2 hurt | One camper flipped over with 2 minor injuries and another camper flipped. Most of the area without power. |
| September 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Milford | $170,000 | The tornado mentioned above entered Geary county at 4:34 pm 5 miles southsouthwest of Milford and moved northeast across Lake Milford before dissipating 3 miles east of the town of Milford. A powerline substation was destroyed along with a 5,100 square foot maintenance facility near Lake Milford. A farmstead along the path of the tornado suffered considerable damage. |
| June 2005 | Heavy Rain | Milford | $50,000 | Small stream and lowland flooding with ponding of water on roads in Fort Riley. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | $8,000 | Strong winds destroyed a doublewide and blew down trees and power lines. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Milford | $1,000 | A tornado touched down near Milford Lake and did minor damage to a marina. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | - | Report of 76 mph wind gust. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Milford | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | - | Pictures via social media show an overturned fifth wheel camper. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | - | Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gust. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | - | Wind gust was estimated. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 50-60 mph. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Milford | - | There were 50 mph winds also reported. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Milford | - | There were 50 mph winds reported. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | - | Two campers and a pontoon boat were overturned by wind at Milford Lake. Time was estimated by radar. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Milford | - | Two roads flooded near the north end of Milford Lake. Also 3 inches of water covered the west bound lanes of Interstate 70. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milford | - | Several trees and power lines down. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Milford | - | Lightning hit a tree and a large limb fell on and damaged a car. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Milford | - | Golfball size hail was 3-4 inches deep on U.S. highway 77 near Milford Resevoir and had to be plowed off the road. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Milford | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Milford | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Milford | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Milford | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Milford | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Milford | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Milford | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Milford | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Milford | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Milford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alida | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Junction City | 10.6 miles | 25 | |
| Grandview Plaza | 11.6 miles | 25 | |
| Kansas Falls | 12.8 miles | 16 | |
| Wreford | 14.7 miles | 15 |
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 Milford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2901418 | 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 476335. 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.












