Richmond, Kansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Richmond Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66080. The Survey maps it on the Richmond quadrangle. 459 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,024 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRichmond fell from 464 to 459 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 | 464 | |
| 2020 | 459 | -5 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Richmond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Garnett quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Richmond between 2015 and 2018, burning about 65 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 March 2018 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1852037 |
| 3 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1800009 |
| 28 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500029 |
| 23 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 9217 |
| 23 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Anderson County | 1754022 |
| 23 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500026 |
| 17 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Anderson County | 1752043 |
| 11 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2016067 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Richmond: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buildex Clay Pit & Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Garnett Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond in 28 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 15 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Richmond | $50,000 | Small streams out of banks and flowing fast over rural roads. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Richmond | $50,000 | Over two feet of water flowing across Butler road. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | $3,000 | Strong winds blew the roof off a trailer home. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | $500 | High winds knocked over several trees. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | - | Wind gust from personal weather station. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | - | Wind gusts estimated of 60 mph. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | - | Public reported 60 mph wind gust. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Richmond | - | Quarter hail reported. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Richmond | - | Highway 59 was closed in Richmond due to water, approximately 30 inches deep, over the roadway. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | - | Winds estimated to be 80-90 mph. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richmond | - | Wind gusts estimated. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Richmond | - | Spotter was driving on Hwy 59 between Princeton and Richmond and pulled over due to heavy rain and hail stones estimated to be as large as quarters. |
| August 1998 | Flood | Richmond | - | An isolated thunderstorm produced 6 to 7 inches of rain flooding several streets in Richmond and surrounding communities. The flooding included highway 59 where several cars stalled when trying to cross the high water. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| February 2011 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Flood | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Richmond | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Richmond | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Lane | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Homewood | 10.2 miles | 17 | |
| B N Junction | 11.0 miles | 19 | |
| Ransomville | 11.6 miles | 17 | |
| Williamsburg | 12.5 miles | 18 | |
| Imes | 12.8 miles | 17 | |
| Silkville | 12.9 miles | 18 |
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 Richmond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2901271 | 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 484355. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.








