Redfield, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1884 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Marmaton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66769. It stands on Robinson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Uniontown quadrangle. 90 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRedfield fell from 146 to 90 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 | 146 | |
| 2020 | 90 | -56 (-38%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1884 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1886 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Fort Scott quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1893 USGS Ft Scott quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Uniontown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Nevada quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Redfield between 2015 and 2020, burning about 367 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 134 |
| 17 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 153 |
| 16 April 2015 | Smoking | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 166 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Bourbon County | 131 |
| 10 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 157 |
| 9 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 66 |
| 3 March 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 53 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redfield in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $350,000 | Numerous reports of significant wind damage to homes and outbuildings were received. At least one barn suffered structural failure and roof decking and shingles were removed from multiple homes and businesses. Several trees were also uprooted or damaged. Winds were estimated at between 80 - 90 mph. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $100,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey revealed that straight line winds damage rural areas southeast of Redfield. Damage consisted of signficant roof damage to homes and mobile homes. Numerous outbuildings were destroyed while trees were uprooted. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power poles along with power lines were blown down. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | $2,000 | Several power poles were downed near the intersection of 140th Street and Jayhawk Road. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Redfield | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Redfield | - | The 24 hour rainfall accumulation measured by a Cooperative Observer was 7.00 inches. The rain began on April 30th. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | - | This estimated wind report was submitted online. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | - | Several reports of 60 mph winds were received by the office of Emergency Management. No damage was reported. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Redfield | - | About 90 to 120 feet of 130th Road between Kansas Road and Limestone Road was covered with water. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | - | A two foot diameter tree was blown down into power lines from severe thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2006 | Flash Flood | Redfield | - | Slow moving thunderstorms caused flash flooding of several county roads and low water crossings over sections of rural southern and Bourbon County. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Redfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Redfield | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Redfield | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Redfield | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Redfield | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Redfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marmaton | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Uniontown | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ronald | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hollister | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Berlin | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Petersburg | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Devon | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Hiattville | 7.9 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 Redfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q603029 | 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 474753. 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.











