Milton, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Eden Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67106. The Survey maps it on the Norwich quadrangle. 155 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,473 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMilton grew from 155 to 155 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 | 155 | |
| 2020 | 155 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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 Caldwell quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:125000, 10 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Milton between 2015 and 2020, burning about 64 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3115 |
| 3 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2815 |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2915 |
| 8 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 30 June 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2615 |
| 15 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2515 |
| 3 April 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015 |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1915 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
28 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milton in 28 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 13 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | The wind speeds were estimated to be around 65 mph. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Milton | - | The report was relayed via social media. |
| July 2020 | Flood | Milton | - | Some water was flowing across K42 causing a minor inconvenience to traffic. The road was closed for a short period of time for safety purposes. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | Power lines were downed due to high winds. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | Tree damage was reported at the intersection of K-42 and Argonia Road. The report was relayed via Facebook. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Milton | - | Water was flowing over Highway 42 one quarter of mile west of Highway 2. This significantly affected traffic in the area. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Milton | - | Time is estimated from radar. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Milton | - | The hail was primarily dime-sized. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Milton | - | Reports of minor street flooding was noted at many low water crossings across the county. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Milton | - | The report was relayed by Kake TV. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | A trained spotter estimated the gust to be between 70 and 80 mph. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts along Highway 42. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Milton | - | Heavy rainfall from numerous thunderstorms during the afternoon, evening and overnight hours on the 26th produced widespread flooding across mainly northwest portions of Sumner county. Rainfall amounts exceeded 4 inches around Conway Springs. Numerous road closures likely took place due to high water, including K-49 Highway north of Conway Springs. Unfortunately, property and crop damage estimates are unavailable. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milton | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Milton | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Milton | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suppesville | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Conway Springs | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| Ewell | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| Millerton | 11.4 miles | 19 | |
| Argonia | 11.4 miles | 19 | |
| Milan | 12.9 miles | 20 | |
| Anson | 13.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mayfield | 17.0 miles | 19 |
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 Milton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6016630 | 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 470277. 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.






