Minneola, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Appleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67865. The Survey maps it on the Minneola quadrangle. 738 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,549 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresMinneola fell from 745 to 738 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 | 745 | |
| 2020 | 738 | -7 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Meade quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Minneola quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Liberal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Minneola between 2017 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 June 2017 | Natural | 40 acres | Clark County | 2017039 |
| 12 June 2020 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 30718 |
| 19 January 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Clark County | 43525 |
| 18 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Clark County | 19 |
Storms near this place
60 of 221 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minneola in 221 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 151 hail, 44 thunderstorm wind, 13 tornado, 7 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Hail | Minneola | $2,000,000 | Nearly every window in the small community were broken with siding destroyed on many homes. Cars received considerable damage too. Shingles were also torn off. Skylights broken at the school. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Minneola | $160,000 | A USDA report indicated tennis ball size hail across parts of the county but no specific information was given to the location or time. There was damage to crops...almost county wide. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Minneola | $30,000 | Golf ball sized hail covered the ground and combined with high wind caused extensive damage to vehicles and farm equipment. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Minneola | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | $15,000 | A mobile home was blown over by high wind. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | $500 | Road sign blown down on the east side of town. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Minneola | - | A public report of 1 inch hail. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Minneola | - | A public report of 3 inch hail. Another 1 inch hail report in the same place a couple minutes later. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Minneola | - | A public report of 4 inch hail from social media with pictures. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Minneola | - | A public report of 2 inch hail. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | The observer reported roof damage. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| August 2021 | Hail | Minneola | - | There was severe roof and siding damage. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Minneola | - | Brief tornado on the foward flank videotaped by a storm chaser. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | There was also very heavy rain with the wind. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Minneola | - | The tornado moved out of Meade County at 1943 LST and moved into Ford County at 1952 LST. As it crossed Highway 54 it overturned a semi truck but fortunately the driver was not hurt. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Winds were estimated at 70 MPH. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Minneola | - | The tornado did damage to vehicles, power lines and a small outbuildings. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Minneola | - | Water over the roads in and around Minneola. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Minneola | - | Rain water was curb-to-curb. |
| May 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Minneola | - | There was a brief cone funnel. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | There was also ping pong ball sized hail with the high wind. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Minneola | - | Winds also gusted to 60 MPH with the hail. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Minneola | - | Winds were gusting to 60 MPH while the hail fell. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Minneola | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| June 2014 | Heavy Rain | Minneola | - | Rainfall of 4.00 inches was observed. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Minneola | - | The lasted for 14 minutes. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Minneola | - | Rainfall of 4.95 inches was reported. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Minneola | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Minneola | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Tree branches of 4 to 5 inches in diameter were broken and several power poles were blown down. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Six inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Minneola | - | Rainfall of 2.75 was reported overnight. |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Minneola | - | Rainfall of 3.40 was reported overnight. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Minneola | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Three inch diameter tree branches blown down by the high wind. |
| May 2006 | Flood | Minneola | - | Water rose out of the ditch and across highway 283 with about 1 inch of depth. |
| May 2006 | Heavy Rain | Minneola | - | 3.50" of rain fell overnight. |
| May 2006 | Flood | Minneola | - | Water was covering the highway on the south side of Minneola. |
| May 2006 | Heavy Rain | Minneola | - | 4.30" of rain fell overnight. |
| May 2006 | Heavy Rain | Minneola | - | 2.10" of rain fell overnight |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Minneola | - | This was a landspout tornado that moved slowly ESE. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Minneola | - | This was a brief tornado that did not strike anything. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Minneola | - | This brief tornado did not strike anything. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Minneola | - | This brief tornado did not strike anything. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Minneola | - | This small tornado did not strike anything. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Minneola | - | Most of the ground was covered by the hail |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Three to four inch diameter tree limbs were blown down |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Twelve inch diameter tree was split in half and several five inch diameter tree limbs were broken off |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Two to three inch diameter limbs were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Minneola | - | Also, had 2.50" or rain in 30 minutes. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minneola | - | Three inch limbs were broken. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Minneola | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Minneola | - | Several windows were broken. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Minneola | - | This smaller tornado did not hit anything in the sparsely populated area. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Minneola | - | This tornado had nothing to hit to be rated. |
| August 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Minneola | - | A brief landspout lasted less than a minute. |
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.
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 Minneola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2089706 | 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 470690. 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.





