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Morland, Kansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Solomon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67650. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morland quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,303 feet above sea level.

Morland within Graham County

On record in Morland

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

Morland fell from 154 to 115 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
2010154
2020115-39 (-25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Morland between 2016 and 2018, burning about 6 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/undetermined3

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
20 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service180033
3 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service180011
25 February 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresKansas Forest Service016-004

Every fire recorded in Graham County

Storms near this place

60 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morland in 72 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 42 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMorland$150,000An NWS storm survey confirms wind damage consistent with winds of 90 to 105 mph. Several farmsteads lost buildings, trees, power poles, pivots, fences, and roofing material. A few grain bins were blown over.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMorland$126,000Strong thunderstorm outflow winds produced a swath of damage across northern Graham County. Winds estimated at 90 mph broke approximately 55 utility poles from Roads 130 and V, northeast to Roads 250 and CC. In addition, six irrigation pivots were overturned, two outbuildings were damaged or destroyed and numerous tree limbs broken. Time of events is estimated from radar and local residents.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMorland$30,000An empty grain bin was blown off its foundation and into the middle of the road.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMorland$20,000Two power poles were blown down causing Morland to lose power. A window in a house was broken in town from the combined effects of hail and very strong winds.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMorland$15,000Straight-line winds snapped a number of power poles and damaged a small barn.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMorland$15,000Several trees blown over, roof damage and several trailer homes damaged in town.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindMorland$10,000Estimated 80 mph wind downed seven power poles west of Morland.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindMorland$1,000A large cottonwood tree limb approximately a foot in diameter was snapped off a tree and two small tents were damaged as a strong thunderstorm moved over the location.
June 2011HailMorland$1,000The hail was mostly the size of golf balls, but the largest was baseball sized. The hail lasted for about ten minutes. Windows were broken due to the combination of large hail and strong wind.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMorland$500Large, live tree limbs down on property of an unknown size.
May 2025HailMorland-A public report of quarter sized hail.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindMorland-Spotter estimated 50-60 mph winds.
August 2023HailMorland-Hail ranged from the size of peas to nickels over the location.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindMorland-Estimated 60 mph winds occurred with blowing dust creating visibility reductions as low as 30 feet at times. Some trees were stripped of leaves.
May 2023HailMorland-Accumulating pea to nickel sized hail observed.
May 2021HailMorland-Report of quarter sized hail reported at location.
May 2021HailMorland-Report received of hail up to ping pong ball size reported at location covering the ground.
October 2021HailMorland-Pea to nickel sized hail reported.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMorland-Mesonet station KKSMORLA2 recorded a 85 mph wind gust.
May 2021HailMorland-The hail ranged from quarter to half dollar in size for most of the duration. However, toward the end of the timeframe golf ball size hail occurred.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMorland-Caller reported estimated 50-60 mph wind gusts associated with the core of a thunderstorm.
October 2017Tornado (EF0)Morland-Based on radar rotation, the tornado tracked east and remained north of Highway 36. No damage was reported.
July 2016HailMorland-Very strong winds accompanied the hail.
August 2014Flash FloodMorland-Water up to six inches deep in Morland. Approximately three feet of water covering the road between Morland and Highway 24. Later in the evening, a CoCoRaHS observer just southwest of Morland reported 3.15 inches of rain fell in about a two hour period.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindMorland-Observer estimated peak wind gusts to 60 mph.
June 2007HailMorland-This report was relayed via the NSSL SHAVE project.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindMorland-Two inch tree limbs downed.
May 2006HailMorland-Via NSSL.
May 2006HailMorland-Via NSSL.
May 2004HailMorland-Hail covered the ground with small drifts observed. Some trees had leaves stripped off.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMorland-Gusted to at least 60 mph for 10 minutes.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindMorland-1-2 inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
October 2000Tornado (F0)Morland-Brief tornado.
September 1997Flash FloodMorland-4 to 5 inches of rainfall flooded roads with 1 to 2 feet of water. Water entered basement of at least one home.
September 1997Thunderstorm WindMorland-Wind accompanied by 3/4 inch hail.
July 2023HailMorland-no account filed
May 2021HailMorland-no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMorland-no account filed
August 2019HailMorland-no account filed
August 2019HailMorland-no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMorland-no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindMorland-no account filed
April 2014HailMorland-no account filed
June 2014HailMorland-no account filed
August 2011HailMorland-no account filed
June 2009HailMorland-no account filed
June 2006HailMorland-no account filed
May 2006HailMorland-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMorland-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMorland-no account filed
June 2006HailMorland-no account filed
June 2005HailMorland-no account filed
June 2005HailMorland-no account filed
August 2005HailMorland-no account filed
March 2004HailMorland-no account filed
July 2004HailMorland-no account filed
June 2004HailMorland-no account filed
September 2004HailMorland-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindMorland-no account filed
June 2002HailMorland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Graham 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
Penokee5.5 miles13
Saint Peter11.0 miles7
Hill City12.4 miles14
Togo16.0 miles13
Smithfield16.0 miles13
Roscoe18.6 miles13
Bogue20.6 miles13
Nicodemus24.5 miles13

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 MorlandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2386972The 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 471296. 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.