Olsburg, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Blue Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66520. The Survey maps it on the Olsburg quadrangle. 218 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,424 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOlsburg fell from 219 to 218 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 | 219 | |
| 2020 | 218 | -1 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Olsburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Olsburg between 2014 and 2019, burning about 4,379 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2018 | Fireworks | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1176020 |
| 30 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1175946 |
| 15 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1852124 |
| 31 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1175898 |
| 30 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1175897 |
| 15 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 acres | Pottawatomie County | SHANNON CREEK |
| 18 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Pottawatomie County | ROUNDTREE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Olsburg in 62 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 36 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | $60,000 | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | $2,000 | The fire department garage door was pushed out along with part of the wall. The fire chief also reported large bales of hay that were pushed. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Olsburg | - | Ping pong ball size hail near Olsburg. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Olsburg | - | Quarter size hail near Olsburg. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Lots of tree damage across the town with large tree limbs downed and tree trunks snapped. Time estimated from radar. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Olsburg | - | Ping pong ball sized hail reported. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Several 12 inch diameter tree limbs down, per NWS storm survey on June 12. Winds estimated at 75 mph. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Olsburg | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Olsburg | - | Quarter sized hail reported covering the ground. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Olsburg | - | Dime to nickel size hail with a few quarter sized stones. |
| October 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Olsburg | - | Three sided building blown over, tin roof blown off barn, trees to the west of Shannon Creek road had tops blown off. Relayed by Emergency Management. The small tornado then caused minor damage to trees and outbuildings approximately one mile NNE. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Tree limbs were reported down, sizes were unknown. Damage was also reported to outbuilding. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Olsburg | - | Covering the ground. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Numerous tree 2 feet in diameter were uprooted. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Wind gusts caused a 10 inch diameter tree to come down. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Olsburg | - | Small limbs down as well. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Trained spotters from across Pottawatomie County reported 60 to 65 mph wind gusts. The only reported damage was in Wamego where a few 6 inch tree limbs broke. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Outflow from a nearby thunderstorm produced 60 mph winds near Olsburg. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Trained spotters reported 60 to 70 mph wind gusts across Pottawatomie County. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | Small tree limbs up to three inches in diameter reported down. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Olsburg | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Lightning | Olsburg | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fostoria | 5.7 miles | 20 | |
| Westmoreland | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Blaine | 12.2 miles | 17 | |
| Flush | 13.2 miles | 16 | |
| Wheaton | 16.4 miles | 15 | |
| Swamp Angel | 17.8 miles | 18 | |
| Saint George | 19.5 miles | 18 | |
| Louisville | 20.2 miles | 16 |
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 Olsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2673393 | 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 484938. 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.








