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Overbrook, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Elk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66524. The Survey maps it on the Overbrook quadrangle. 1,005 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,204 feet above sea level.

Overbrook within Osage County

Population over time

2 figures

Overbrook fell from 1,058 to 1,005 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
20101,058
20201,005-53 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

20 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Overbrook between 2015 and 2020, burning about 218 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined11
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service54
23 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined80 acresKansas Forest Service39
8 March 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresKansas Forest Service49
4 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Service68
26 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
21 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service30
21 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service62
13 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKansas Forest Service28

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Overbrook in 69 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 35 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 5 flash flood, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007Flash FloodOverbrook$75,000Highway 56 flooded west of Overbrook. Water appeared 5 to 6 feet deep along the side of the road. Spotter reported 3.5 inches of rain within about an hour and a half. Water reported flowing around and into the basement of a home.
May 2007Flash FloodOverbrook$50,000Water reported flowing over highway 56 in town.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindOverbrook$10,000High winds and very large hail caused damage to buildings east of Overbrook and then eastward into Douglas county. The United States DA reported hail and wind damage to about 80,000 acres in Osage county. Douglas County Globe,16,0743CST,,,0,0,10K,?,Thunderstorm Winds (G70) High winds with large hail produced damage to buildings and vehicles.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindOverbrook$5,000Strong winds blew some power lines down.
March 1993HailOverbrook$5,000Hail from 0.75-inch to golfball-size did minor damage to cars across parts of Osage County
April 1995HailOverbrook$5,000no account filed
April 1995HailOverbrook$4,000no account filed
May 2023Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-Tree damage with estimated wind gusts of around 80 mph.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-Public reported 61 mph wind gust.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-Public reported 59 mph wind gust.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-EM reported damage to several buildings, including blown out windows, storage sheds, and a fertilizer silo blown down. Time estimated based on radar.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-Mesonet measured a 75 mph wind gust.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-Reports of trees down and buildings damaged in Overbrook area.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-Measured at a local mesonet site.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Overbrook-NWS employees surveyed the track and found damage beginning around 2 miles southeast of Overbrook that continued northeast into Douglas county. The sporadic damage path continued to just east southeast of Lone Star Lake in Douglas County where it merged with a larger circulation that eventually become the long track violent tornado. The Osage county portion only had EF0 damage associated with it.
September 2019Tornado (EF0)Overbrook-A small brief tornado hit a home doing damage to large tree limbs which fell onto the home's roof. A large satellite dish that was bolted to a concrete pad was also tossed into a cornfield across the road to the northeast. Estimated winds around 85 mph.
May 2017HailOverbrook-Numerous quarter size hail with some up to golf ball size covering the ground.
June 2016HailOverbrook-Strong winds were reported as well, although not strong enough to break tree limbs.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-Small tree limbs down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-Large trees came down in Overbrook.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-Roof blown off of a barn on south Paulen rd in Overbrook.
May 2015Flash FloodOverbrook-Water flowing across the road at least 6 inches deep at 173rd and Ratner rd.
June 2013HailOverbrook-Photo from facebook with location...time estimated from radar.
June 2013HailOverbrook-A few rounds of hail...the largest up to nickel size.
June 2013Flash FloodOverbrook-Water was running over Shawnee Heights Rd.
June 2013Flash FloodOverbrook-The 173rd flooded between Croco rd and Shawnee Heights rd...Ratner rd flooded between 173rd and 181st.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-The fire department reported a 70 mph wind gust.
June 2003Funnel CloudOverbrook-A law enforcement officer reported a funnel cloud near Overbrook.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Overbrook-A tornado touched down over open country for a brief time near overbrook.
May 2003Tornado (F0)Overbrook-Another tornado touched down briefly over open country near Overbrook.
April 1993HailOverbrook-Most hailstones were in the 0.25- to 0.50-inch range with an occasional larger size.
May 2018HailOverbrook-no account filed
May 2017HailOverbrook-no account filed
May 2016HailOverbrook-no account filed
June 2016HailOverbrook-no account filed
June 2016HailOverbrook-no account filed
July 2015HailOverbrook-no account filed
May 2013HailOverbrook-no account filed
March 2012HailOverbrook-no account filed
April 2011HailOverbrook-no account filed
April 2011HailOverbrook-no account filed
April 2010HailOverbrook-no account filed
April 2010HailOverbrook-no account filed
April 2010HailOverbrook-no account filed
March 2009HailOverbrook-no account filed
March 2009HailOverbrook-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-no account filed
June 2005HailOverbrook-no account filed
June 2005HailOverbrook-no account filed
July 2003HailOverbrook-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-no account filed
April 2001HailOverbrook-no account filed
April 2001HailOverbrook-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-no account filed
May 2001HailOverbrook-no account filed
April 2001HailOverbrook-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindOverbrook-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Swissvale3.9 miles15
Four Corners6.8 miles16
Michigan Valley7.0 miles15
Carbondale7.5 miles16
Mineral Springs8.0 miles16
Scranton9.6 miles16
Vassar9.8 miles15
Lyndon Station11.7 miles15

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 OverbrookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2177142The 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 479465. 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.