Rozel, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67574. The Survey maps it on the Rozel quadrangle. 102 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,073 feet above sea level.
On record in Rozel
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Township Line Bridgelisted 1985
Population over time
2 figuresRozel fell from 156 to 102 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 | 156 | |
| 2020 | 102 | -54 (-35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Larned quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Larned quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Rozel quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Larned quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Rozel between 2015 and 2020, burning about 120 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1510 |
| 15 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1506 |
| 14 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1505 |
| 29 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1504 |
| 21 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1809 |
| 5 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 16 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pawnee County | 1704 |
| 28 December 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1615 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 83 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rozel in 83 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 59 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Rozel | $110,000 | The thunderstorm that produced the tornado developed extremely quickly. The tornado did damage to trees and irrigation sprinklers and was rated a high end EF1. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Rozel | - | A measured 1.88 inches of rain fell. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Rozel | - | Rainfall of 3.75 inches was measured in less than 2 hours. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Rozel | - | The ground was covered by golf ball sized hail. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | Winds were estimated at 70 MPH. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Rozel | - | This report was relayed by law enforcement. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | Wind gusts were estimated to average between 60 and 65 mph. |
| October 2008 | Heavy Rain | Rozel | - | The rain gauge filled up and ran over. Water was flowing over some secondary roads. Rainfall was estimated to be in excess of five inches. |
| October 2008 | Heavy Rain | Rozel | - | Rainfall of 3.75 was observed in 1 1/2 hours. |
| July 2007 | Flood | Rozel | - | Overnight heavy rain caused some flooding in the Rozel area. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rozel | - | There was extensive and severe crop damage from the hail. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | Three pivot irrigation sprinklers were blown over. |
| March 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Rozel | - | This tornado is the same one that moved out of Edwards county. It was dissipating at this time. Dust with the tornado remained in the air for about another 10 minutes (along with falling tumble weeds). |
| March 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Rozel | - | A few trees were damaged by this cigar shaped tornado. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | Three inch diameter limbs were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs wer blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | Top of light pole broken off. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Rozel | - | Brief contact with the ground. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Rozel | - | Twenty-five percent of the crops damaged or destroyed. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Rozel | - | Hail 1 to 2 inches deep |
| September 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | Six inch diameter tree limbs broken. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Rozel | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Rozel | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Wettar | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Sanford | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Burdett | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Frizell | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Garfield | 11.7 miles | 15 | |
| Vaughn | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ash Valley | 12.4 miles | 15 | |
| Hamburg | 13.3 miles | 15 |
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 Rozel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q938325 | 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 475837. 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.






