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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.

Milton within Sumner County

Population over time

2 figures

Milton 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.

YearPeople Change
2010155
20201550 (0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

17 since 2015

Regional 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 burning5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Service3115
3 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2815
3 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2915
8 June 2020Recreation and ceremony15 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2615
15 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2515
3 April 2015Smoking1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2015
28 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service1915

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumner County

Storms near this place

28 since 1993

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1993Thunderstorm WindMilton$500no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMilton-The wind speeds were estimated to be around 65 mph.
May 2022HailMilton-The report was relayed via social media.
July 2020FloodMilton-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 2020Thunderstorm WindMilton-Power lines were downed due to high winds.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMilton-Tree damage was reported at the intersection of K-42 and Argonia Road. The report was relayed via Facebook.
May 2017Flash FloodMilton-Water was flowing over Highway 42 one quarter of mile west of Highway 2. This significantly affected traffic in the area.
May 2016HailMilton-Time is estimated from radar.
May 2015HailMilton-The hail was primarily dime-sized.
May 2015FloodMilton-Reports of minor street flooding was noted at many low water crossings across the county.
October 2013HailMilton-The report was relayed by Kake TV.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMilton-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMilton-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMilton-A trained spotter estimated the gust to be between 70 and 80 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMilton-A trained spotter estimated wind gusts along Highway 42.
April 2009Flash FloodMilton-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 2008Thunderstorm WindMilton-no account filed
May 2008HailMilton-no account filed
October 2007Thunderstorm WindMilton-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMilton-no account filed
April 2002HailMilton-no account filed
May 2001HailMilton-no account filed
February 2000HailMilton-no account filed
September 1999HailMilton-no account filed
May 1998HailMilton-no account filed
June 1998HailMilton-no account filed
June 1997HailMilton-no account filed
April 1994HailMilton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sumner 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
Suppesville1.9 miles19
Conway Springs7.4 miles19
Ewell7.6 miles20
Millerton11.4 miles19
Argonia11.4 miles19
Milan12.9 miles20
Anson13.6 miles19
Mayfield17.0 miles19

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 MiltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6016630The 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.