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Norwich, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bennett Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67118. The Survey maps it on the Norwich quadrangle. 444 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,496 feet above sea level.

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Norwich within Kingman County

Population over time

2 figures

Norwich fell from 491 to 444 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
2010491
2020444-47 (-10%)

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

18 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Norwich between 2015 and 2020, burning about 67 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 ceremony2
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 Kingman County

Storms near this place

60 of 97 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norwich in 97 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 46 hail, 41 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
July 1994Thunderstorm WindNorwich$500,000Winds of 70 to 100 mph blew across the southeast part of the county. There was extensive tree damage. A large well-digging truck was blown over three miles west of Cheny with damage at $50 thousand.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNorwich$70,000Law Enforcement reported around 30 power poles downed along K-42, with some more poles downed along 100th Avenue just north of K-42. This all occurred about 5 miles west of Norwich. Additionally, Emergency Management reported a few outbuildings damaged about 6 miles west of Norwich.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindNorwich$50,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindNorwich$40,000Winds estimated around 80 mph overturned a central pivot irrigation system just south of Norwich. The Norwich News was the sole contributor to this report.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindNorwich$25,000Trees and power lines blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNorwich$20,000A framed pole barn that was under construction was blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNorwich$20,000A roof was blown off a 25 foot by 40 foot building. Trees and limbs were blown down across the area.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindNorwich$15,000Law enforcement reported six diameter tree limbs were reported down at a farm. Shingles were reported off of the roof as well.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNorwich$15,000A shed was demolished.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNorwich$15,000Limbs 2 to 3 inches in diameter were blown down as were power lines and power poles. No power outages were reported.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindNorwich$10,000Tree were reported down along Kansas Highway 42.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindNorwich$10,000A Small barn was blown down.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNorwich$5,000Limbs at least 2 inches in diameter were blown down along with large marble-sized hail. The event lasted at least 20 minutes.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNorwich$5,000A metal building lost about half its roof, and also had the south side of the building pushed in.
May 1993HailNorwich$5,000no account filed
April 1994HailNorwich$500no account filed
May 2019FloodNorwich$100Numerous county roads were reported with water over them. The report was relayed via social media.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindNorwich-The spotter estimated wind speeds of at least 60 mph with multiple tree limbs down.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNorwich-Trees were reported down including 10-inch diameter limbs across the city. Time was estimated via radar.
April 2024HailNorwich-Hail ranged from quarter to golf ball size in Norwich.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNorwich-Trained spotter reported and estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2022Heavy RainNorwich-The Cocorahs observer 5 miles northeast of Norwich reported 3.05 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
May 2020HailNorwich-The hail fell for almost 10 minutes, with mainly penny size hail. Some large stones were also reported around a quarter size.
July 2020Heavy RainNorwich-Rainfall report of 4.5 inches from the morning storms.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNorwich-A State Trooper reported the wind gust. A shed and chicken coop were destroyed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNorwich-A large tree was uprooted in Norwich.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNorwich-A power line was blown down.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindNorwich-Quarter sized hail was also reported.
May 2016HailNorwich-Sixty five mph wind gusts were also reported.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNorwich-A 70-mph gust was measured.
October 2013HailNorwich-Wind speeds of 40 to 50 mph accompanied the hail.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNorwich-No damage was reported.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindNorwich-No damage was reported.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNorwich-A law enforcement officer estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph.
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Norwich-Tornado damage was limited to trees.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindNorwich-Winds from the rear flank downdraft of a supercell were reported at 75 to 100 mph.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindNorwich-A trained spotter estimated 80 mph winds.
March 2009Tornado (EF0)Norwich-A brief tornado touchdown occured in open country.
May 2009Tornado (EF0)Norwich-A tornado touch down in an open field and lifted shortly after making contact with the ground.
June 2008HailNorwich-Most of the hail stones were around one inch, but a few of the stones measured 2 inches.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNorwich-A storm spotter reported 60 to 70 mph winds that lasted for about 5 minutes.
May 2004Flash FloodNorwich-Highway 42 flooded 1 mile east of Norwich.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindNorwich-Several trees were blown down across the area.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindNorwich-Power lines downed.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindNorwich-Limbs downed.
April 2001Tornado (F0)Norwich-Brief touchdown.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Norwich-Also reported by KFDI Radio, the tornado occurred in open country.
July 1997Flash FloodNorwich-SANDY CREEK FLOODED PARTS OF K-42.
May 2014HailNorwich-no account filed
May 2013HailNorwich-no account filed
May 2013HailNorwich-no account filed
July 2013HailNorwich-no account filed
May 2009HailNorwich-no account filed
July 2009HailNorwich-no account filed
August 2008HailNorwich-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNorwich-no account filed
August 2008HailNorwich-no account filed
May 2008HailNorwich-no account filed
May 2008HailNorwich-no account filed
June 2008HailNorwich-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kingman 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
Orsemus5.4 miles19
Adams6.8 miles19
Belmont8.7 miles13
Lansdowne11.1 miles13
Murdock11.5 miles13
Rago12.3 miles15
Alameda13.4 miles13
Basil13.4 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 NorwichAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2606846The 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 470274. 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.