Randolph, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66554. The Survey maps it on the Randolph quadrangle. 159 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,230 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRandolph fell from 163 to 159 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 | 163 | |
| 2020 | 159 | -4 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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 Randolph quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Randolph between 2003 and 2020, burning about 2,853 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 burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 189 |
| 29 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18402 |
| 13 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18361 |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18272 |
| 4 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18268 |
| 15 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18292 |
| 7 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18196 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 64 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Randolph in 64 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 40 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Randolph | - | Fire Department Chief relayed damage reports from southeast side of Randolph damage to signs at intersection of Senn Road, highway 77 and Gardiner road along with minor tree limb damage. Short path and sporadic sometimes very sparse damage appears to suggest any vortex was not on the ground continuously but aloft more often than not as it moved across the area. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Randolph | - | Report of golf ball size hail. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Randolph | - | Ping pong sized hail reported. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Randolph | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Randolph | - | Ping pong sized hail reported. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Wind gust to 72 mph measured with garmin instrument. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Wind gusts was estimated. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Randolph | - | Mostly pea size hail with a few quarters. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Nickel size hail falling as well. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Randolph | - | Winds estimated to be 50 mph as well. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Multiple outbuildings overturned. A barn was destroyed. A tree fell through a home. Numerous trees were uprooted. Reports were between University Park and Randolph. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs blown out of maple tree. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Randolph | - | Riley County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Spotter reported a barn had been completely blown down across the street from his home. Doors were blown off of another outbuilding, and storm windows were blown out of the spotter's house. A tree was also blown down, and onto the spotter's house. || |
| May 2005 | Hail | Randolph | - | Quarter size hail covered the ground along U.S. Highway 77. |
| November 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Randolph | - | This tornado touched down 4 miles north of Randolph and moved north for about one mile across open country causing F0 damage to trees before dissipating. The parent thunderstorm was a mini-supercell. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | Strong winds blew down trees. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Randolph | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding near Randolph. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Randolph | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding with a creek flowing out of its banks. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Randolph | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Randolph | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walsburg | 3.8 miles | 19 | |
| Winkler | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Leonardville | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lasita | 9.8 miles | 19 | |
| Riley | 9.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bala | 13.1 miles | 19 | |
| Keats | 14.5 miles | 25 | |
| Rocky Ford | 16.1 miles | 27 |
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 Randolph | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q568069 | 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 476063. 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.








