Ozawkie, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Ozawkie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66070. It stands on Little Slough Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ozawkie quadrangle. 638 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,001 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOzawkie fell from 645 to 638 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 | 645 | |
| 2020 | 638 | -7 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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 Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Ozawkie quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
104 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Ozawkie between 2002 and 2020, burning about 873 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Jefferson County | 242 |
| 19 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Jefferson County | 221 |
| 17 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 13 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 178 |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 75 |
| 6 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 121 |
| 6 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Jefferson County | not named |
| 3 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Jefferson County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
54 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ozawkie in 54 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 28 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | $1,000 | Trained spotters and emergency managers reported 60 mph wind gusts near Perry Lake. An 8 to 9 inch tree was blown down near Williamstown. |
| October 2024 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | Quarter size hail. Time estimated from radar. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | A 6.5 inch diameter tree down and one foot diameter tree down. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | Observed at the Lakeside Village boat ramp. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | Reported at 134th and King. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | Report of 70 mph wind gust on K-92 highway. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | Report of 70 mph wind gust. |
| July 2020 | Flash Flood | Ozawkie | - | Road closed at 46th and Linn due to flooding. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | Tree limbs of 2 inches in diameter were down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | Estimated wind gusts. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Ozawkie | - | Water was over the road at 94th Road between Kingman and Ferguson Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | Estimated wind gust report. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | Estimated wind gust report. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | Several reports of uprooted trees and large limbs 12-18 inches in diameter blown down. One house was damaged due to large limbs falling. Time was estimated by radar. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | Spotter estimated winds of 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Ozawkie | - | A brief and weak tornado which began as a waterspout over Lake Perry came ashore and produced tree damage around Lakeside Village. One tree fell on a mobile home and entrapped the resident for a period of time. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | An off-duty NWS employee reported 65 mph winds near Lake Perry. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | In Ozawkie, sporadic 12 inch branches were broken off of trees. Two fell into roofs and caused minor damage. Elsewhere, near Winchester, more 2 inch and smaller branches were broken off of trees. |
| July 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Ozawkie | - | Numerous reports of funnel clouds in the Ozawkie area. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Ozawkie | - | A tornado touched down briefly near Ozawkie but did no damage. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| September 2010 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Ozawkie | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozawkie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Ridge | 1.1 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Shore | 2.4 miles | 22 | |
| West Shore | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Hilldale | 3.6 miles | 22 | |
| Rock Creek | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Hilldale South | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Lakeside Village | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Lake Ridge | 4.7 miles | 22 |
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 Ozawkie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2495876 | 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 478489. 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.







