Schoenchen, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67667. It lies near Lookout Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Liebenthal quadrangle. 170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,926 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSchoenchen fell from 207 to 170 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 | 207 | |
| 2020 | 170 | -37 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1896 USGS Hays 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
- 1968 USGS Liebenthal quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hays quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Schoenchen between 2015 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 245 |
| 23 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ellis County | 017-214 |
| 16 May 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ellis County | 017-133 |
| 1 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 99 |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0047 |
| 19 February 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 4 |
| 26 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 016-249 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Schoenchen: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beiker Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Larry Werth Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Werth Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
51 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schoenchen in 51 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 33 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Schoenchen | 2 hurt, $50,000 | There was damage to a metal building and a quonset hut. Two young boys were injured when the door blew off of the building. A chicken house blew away. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Schoenchen | $300,000 | Much of the wheat and corn were mowed down. |
| September 1994 | Hail | Schoenchen | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Flash Flood | Schoenchen | $5,000 | A quick rise on the Smoky Hill River submerged a front end loader. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Schoenchen | - | Rainfall was measured at 1.01 in one hour. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | Damage to trees, fences and some outbuildings. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | Winds were estimated to be gusting to 60 MPH. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | A few golfball sized hail stones were reported along highway 183 near the Rush/Ellis county line. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Schoenchen | - | Rainfall of 2.50 was measured. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Schoenchen | - | Rainfall of 1.90 was measured. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | There was also a funnel cloud reported in the area. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | Eight inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | Several six inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Schoenchen | - | This was another very brief spin-up that did not hit any structure |
| May 2021 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Funnel Cloud | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Hail | Schoenchen | - | 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.
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 Schoenchen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2839751 | 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 475386. 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.





