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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.

Redfield within Bourbon County

Population over time

2 figures

Redfield 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.

YearPeople Change
2010146
202090-56 (-38%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

30 since 2015

Regional 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 burning14
Smoking9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 April 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service134
17 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use80 acresKansas Forest Service153
16 April 2015Smoking15 acresKansas Forest Service166
11 April 2017Debris and open burning15 acresBourbon County131
10 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Service157
9 March 2018Debris and open burning20 acresKansas Forest Service66
3 March 2020Recreation and ceremony15 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
3 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service53

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bourbon County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023Thunderstorm WindRedfield$350,000Numerous 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 2009Thunderstorm WindRedfield$100,000A 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 2012Thunderstorm WindRedfield$10,000Numerous trees and power poles along with power lines were blown down.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindRedfield$2,000Several power poles were downed near the intersection of 140th Street and Jayhawk Road.
June 2001HailRedfield$1,000no account filed
May 2019Heavy RainRedfield-The 24 hour rainfall accumulation measured by a Cooperative Observer was 7.00 inches. The rain began on April 30th.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindRedfield-This estimated wind report was submitted online.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindRedfield-Several reports of 60 mph winds were received by the office of Emergency Management. No damage was reported.
July 2010Flash FloodRedfield-About 90 to 120 feet of 130th Road between Kansas Road and Limestone Road was covered with water.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRedfield-A two foot diameter tree was blown down into power lines from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2006Flash FloodRedfield-Slow moving thunderstorms caused flash flooding of several county roads and low water crossings over sections of rural southern and Bourbon County.
March 2015HailRedfield-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed
May 2006HailRedfield-no account filed
May 2006HailRedfield-no account filed
June 2005HailRedfield-no account filed
April 2001HailRedfield-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindRedfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bourbon 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
Marmaton3.0 miles20
Uniontown5.0 miles19
Ronald5.1 miles20
Hollister5.6 miles20
Berlin5.9 miles19
Petersburg6.7 miles19
Devon6.8 miles20
Hiattville7.9 miles22

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 RedfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q603029The 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.