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Mulvane, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gore Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67110. The Survey maps it on the Mulvane quadrangle. 6,286 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,234 feet above sea level.

Mulvane within Sumner County

Population over time

2 figures

Mulvane grew from 6,111 to 6,286 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
20106,111
20206,286+175 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

103 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Mulvane between 2001 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresSumner County313
25 September 2017Naturalunder an acreSumner County142
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service868
17 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service132
28 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSumner Countynot named
20 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service6338
18 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSumner County270

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumner County

Storms near this place

42 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mulvane in 42 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 20 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 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 2004Tornado (F3)Mulvane2 hurt, $500,000The tornado started moving NE before becoming influenced by the outflow of the storm and darted back to the SE. The tornado ripped the roof off one home and blew out two walls and a roof of another. However, the tornado took dead aim on one home about 3.5 miles SE of Mulvane and completely removed it from it's foundation. Two inhabitants were under the staircase in the basement and escaped with only minor injuries.
August 1997Thunderstorm WindMulvane$500,000THREE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, INCLUDING ONE COMPLETELY UNROOFED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
April 2014HailMulvane$160,000Hail up to 2 inches in diameter pounded the parking lots of the Kansas Star Casino near Mulvane. Numerous car windshields were busted, with damage to the roof of the casino.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindMulvane$100,000Severe thunderstorm winds gusting to 65kts damaged two mobile home parks. One mobile home was destroyed with two others severely damaged. In addition to law enforcement officials, reports were also received from area newspapers.
May 2019Flash FloodMulvane$50,000Mulvane fire and rescue reported multiple water rescues. Swift water rescues occurred near 119th and Webb with one person reported trapped in a vehicle. The person was rescued from the car unharmed.
September 2016Flash FloodMulvane$45,000Three water rescues occurred south of Mulvane, Kansas, due to cars being swept off the roadways by high water.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMulvane$10,000High winds caused damage to a mobile home on K15 about 1/2 mile south of the Sedgwick/ Sumner County line.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMulvane$10,000Trees blown down caused power outages.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMulvane-Public reported via mPing of three inch tree limbs broken and downed powerlines.
November 2022Heavy RainMulvane-A Cocorahs observer reported 2.97 inches of rainfall.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMulvane-This was an estimated gust.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMulvane-Power lines and power poles were blown down in and around Peck.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindMulvane-Power poles were reported down. Belle Plain was reported without power.
August 2016Heavy RainMulvane-Rainfall amounts from an area between Mulvane, Conway Springs, Wellington, Oxford, and Belle Plaine received between 4 and 8 inches of rain in a three hour time frame.
May 2010FloodMulvane-Eighty-First Street South and 120th Avenue North were closed due to flooding 2 miles southeast of Mulvane.
June 2008HailMulvane-Law Enforcement reported golf ball sized hail along with 60 mph winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMulvane-Law enforcement reported 60 mph winds along with golf ball sized hail.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Mulvane-The tornado mainly moved over open country and caused damage to trees.
April 2003HailMulvane-Radio Station KFDI.
April 2003HailMulvane-Radio station KFDI.
May 2001HailMulvane-Relayed thru Sumner County EOC.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindMulvane-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts ranged from 52-70kts.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMulvane-KSN Channel 3 weather lab, Mulvane Elementary.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMulvane-Tree limbs downed.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindMulvane-Trees blown down.
May 2024HailMulvane-no account filed
April 2014HailMulvane-no account filed
April 2006HailMulvane-no account filed
May 2006HailMulvane-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMulvane-no account filed
July 2005HailMulvane-no account filed
June 2004HailMulvane-no account filed
April 2003HailMulvane-no account filed
May 2003HailMulvane-no account filed
April 2001HailMulvane-no account filed
April 2001HailMulvane-no account filed
May 1999HailMulvane-no account filed
June 1997HailMulvane-no account filed
July 1997HailMulvane-no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMulvane-no account filed
July 1997HailMulvane-no account filed
June 1996HailMulvane-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
Belle Plaine5.9 miles14
Peck6.8 miles14
Zyba8.2 miles14
Bushnell9.0 miles14
Whitman10.2 miles14
Riverdale10.5 miles14
Cicero11.0 miles13
Dalton14.2 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 MulvaneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2139469The 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 470229. 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.