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.
Population over time
2 figuresMulvane 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,111 | |
| 2020 | 6,286 | +175 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1890 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Mulvane quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
103 since 2001Regional 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/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Sumner County | 313 |
| 25 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Sumner County | 142 |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 868 |
| 17 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 132 |
| 28 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sumner County | not named |
| 20 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 6338 |
| 18 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Sumner County | 270 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2004 | Tornado (F3) | Mulvane | 2 hurt, $500,000 | The 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | $500,000 | THREE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, INCLUDING ONE COMPLETELY UNROOFED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Mulvane | $160,000 | Hail 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | $100,000 | Severe 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 2019 | Flash Flood | Mulvane | $50,000 | Mulvane 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Mulvane | $45,000 | Three water rescues occurred south of Mulvane, Kansas, due to cars being swept off the roadways by high water. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | $10,000 | High winds caused damage to a mobile home on K15 about 1/2 mile south of the Sedgwick/ Sumner County line. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | $10,000 | Trees blown down caused power outages. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | Public reported via mPing of three inch tree limbs broken and downed powerlines. |
| November 2022 | Heavy Rain | Mulvane | - | A Cocorahs observer reported 2.97 inches of rainfall. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | This was an estimated gust. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | Power lines and power poles were blown down in and around Peck. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | Power poles were reported down. Belle Plain was reported without power. |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Mulvane | - | 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 2010 | Flood | Mulvane | - | Eighty-First Street South and 120th Avenue North were closed due to flooding 2 miles southeast of Mulvane. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Mulvane | - | Law Enforcement reported golf ball sized hail along with 60 mph winds. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | Law enforcement reported 60 mph winds along with golf ball sized hail. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Mulvane | - | The tornado mainly moved over open country and caused damage to trees. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mulvane | - | Radio Station KFDI. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mulvane | - | Radio station KFDI. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Mulvane | - | Relayed thru Sumner County EOC. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts ranged from 52-70kts. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | KSN Channel 3 weather lab, Mulvane Elementary. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | Tree limbs downed. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | Trees blown down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Mulvane | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Mulvane | - | 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.
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 Mulvane | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2139469 | 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 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.




