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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.

Milford within Geary County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Milford 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.

YearPeople Change
2010530
2020408-122 (-23%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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 2012

Regional 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning7
Smoking1
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
2 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeary County58
17 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service62018
11 April 2017Debris and open burning10 acresGeary County52
9 March 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service38
7 March 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service18
4 March 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,200 acresFort Riley KansasTRAINING AREA 60
23 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeary County42
23 March 2015Smoking2.0 acresKansas Forest Service46

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Geary County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
John D. GrayLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Walker Cut Stone Co.Limestone, GeneralUnknown

Every working recorded in Geary County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMilford5 hurtTrained 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 2013Thunderstorm WindMilford2 hurtOne camper flipped over with 2 minor injuries and another camper flipped. Most of the area without power.
September 2001Tornado (F1)Milford$170,000The 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 2005Heavy RainMilford$50,000Small stream and lowland flooding with ponding of water on roads in Fort Riley.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMilford$8,000Strong winds destroyed a doublewide and blew down trees and power lines.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Milford$1,000A tornado touched down near Milford Lake and did minor damage to a marina.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindMilford-Report of 76 mph wind gust.
June 2022HailMilford-Quarter sized hail reported.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMilford-Pictures via social media show an overturned fifth wheel camper.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMilford-Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind gust.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMilford-Wind gust was estimated.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMilford-Wind gusts estimated to be 50-60 mph.
May 2013HailMilford-There were 50 mph winds also reported.
May 2013HailMilford-There were 50 mph winds reported.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMilford-Two campers and a pontoon boat were overturned by wind at Milford Lake. Time was estimated by radar.
June 2010Flash FloodMilford-Two roads flooded near the north end of Milford Lake. Also 3 inches of water covered the west bound lanes of Interstate 70.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMilford-Several trees and power lines down.
June 2005LightningMilford-Lightning hit a tree and a large limb fell on and damaged a car.
May 2003HailMilford-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 2016HailMilford-no account filed
August 2011HailMilford-no account filed
March 2009HailMilford-no account filed
August 2004HailMilford-no account filed
May 2003HailMilford-no account filed
May 2003HailMilford-no account filed
April 2001HailMilford-no account filed
April 2001HailMilford-no account filed
August 2001HailMilford-no account filed
June 1996HailMilford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Geary 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
Alida5.2 miles25
Junction City10.6 miles25
Grandview Plaza11.6 miles25
Kansas Falls12.8 miles16
Wreford14.7 miles15

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 MilfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2901418The 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.