Partridge, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67566. The Survey maps it on the Partridge quadrangle. 209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,611 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPartridge fell from 248 to 209 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 | 248 | |
| 2020 | 209 | -39 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Partridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Partridge between 2015 and 2017, burning about 35 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 3375 |
| 10 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Reno County | 1700064 |
| 6 June 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1916 |
| 30 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 36 |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 31 |
| 29 January 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 352 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
40 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Partridge in 40 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 21 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | $80,000 | Winds esitmated to be 60 mph destroyed a 140 year old barn on a property northeast of Partridge. The large barn measured 60 feet wide by 30 feet tall, with 3600 square feet of usable space. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Partridge | $30,000 | The tornado extensively damaged an old barn, flipped over a pickup and a stock trailer, and produced damage to the home's porch. Some tree damage was also noted. The Hutchinson News contributed to this report. |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | $10,000 | Damage to fences and large trees. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Partridge | $100 | Rainfall amounts of 6 to 10 inches over a two day period from June 12th to early on June 14th led to widespread county road closures just to the west and northwest of Hutchinson. At one time, 20 roads were closed and another half dozen had standing water across them. Most of the closures were located along Cow Creek as it flows from Nickerson southeast to Hutchinson. Due to the large amount of heavy rainfall, some roads were closed for almost a week. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | The Kansas State Mesonet site about 10 miles southwest of Hutchinson recorded a 10-meter wind gust of 91 mph along with a 2-meter wind gust of 76 mph. This is corroborated with a National Weather Service cooperative observer reporting several tree limbs downed across the same area. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | Delayed report that was measured at a Kansas State Mesonet site. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | Measured wind gust from the Kansas Mesonet. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | This was a measured wind gust of 60 mph reported by the public. |
| September 2022 | Hail | Partridge | - | The highway was reported as being completely covered with hail. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Partridge | - | A picture of ping pong ball-sized hail was submitted via Twitter. |
| February 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Partridge | - | The tornado briefly touched down again causing minimal damage. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Partridge | - | A brief touchdown occured in open country near High Point road just southwest of Hutchinson. |
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Partridge | - | The tornado was reported just to the west of the intersection of highways 61 and 50. The tornado touched down in an open field with no damage reported. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Partridge | - | Pea to dime sized hail covered to ground. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Partridge | - | The observer also reported a wall cloud to the southeast of Partridge. |
| July 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Partridge | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Partridge | - | Damage? |
| July 2005 | Hail | Partridge | - | Damage? |
| July 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Partridge | - | Brief touchdown in the country. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Partridge | - | No dollar estimate available. However, accompanied by 50-60kt winds, the hail damaged approximately 75,000 acres of wheat, with potential losses reaching 25 million bushels. (See 1456 entry for 4N Castleton). |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Partridge | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Partridge | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteside | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Abbyville | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Adams Corner | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Arlington | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Charters Corner | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Darlow | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cruppers Corner | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Elmer | 8.6 miles | 13 |
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 Partridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2444021 | 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 473634. 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.





