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Sedan, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sedan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67361. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sedan quadrangle. 1,000 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 863 feet above sea level.

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Sedan within Chautauqua County

On record in Sedan

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

Population over time

2 figures

Sedan fell from 1,124 to 1,000 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
20101,124
20201,000-124 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Sedan between 1994 and 2020, burning about 20,438 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChautauqua County395
10 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service467
7 May 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service462
5 May 2018Debris and open burning3.0 acresKansas Forest Service461
6 April 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresChautauqua County376
6 April 2017Debris and open burning300 acresChautauqua County377
5 April 2020Debris and open burning30 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chautauqua County

Storms near this place

60 of 123 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sedan in 123 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 52 hail, 48 thunderstorm wind, 9 heavy rain, 8 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1994Thunderstorm WindSedan$50,000Sixty to 80 mile an hour winds blew across the county with a line of thunderstorms. Power lines were down across the county. There was tree and house damage in Cedar Vale and Sedan.
July 2007Flash FloodSedan$48,000Extremely heavy rainfall from the end of June into early July caused flash flooding throughout Chautauqua County. This resulted in roughly 48 thousand dollars in damage.
April 2004Flash FloodSedan$25,000Highway 99 underwater. Unspecified number of towns without power.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindSedan$15,000Airport hangar roof damaged with door blown in.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindSedan$15,000Power lines downed.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindSedan$10,000Trees were blown down across town. Also some small porch damage occurred to houses. Winds were estimated at 50 to 60 mph.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSedan$7,500Severe winds tore the roof off of a barn
May 2010Thunderstorm WindSedan$5,000Some tree limbs were knocked down.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindSedan$5,000Windows to unspecified number of buildings blown in on Main St.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindSedan$5,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSedan$1,000An 18-inch diameter tree was downed.
July 2019Flash FloodSedan$100County dispatch reported a few flooded roads in Sedan.
July 2010Flash FloodSedan$100Water was reported over numerous roads mainly to the east of Sedan. County Road 32 north of highway 166 was barricaded due to high water.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindSedan$50no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSedan-There were trees down of unknown size.
March 2024HailSedan-Public report of nickel sized hail in Cedar Vale.
May 2024HailSedan-Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindSedan-Report from a trained spotter of winds up to 70 mph. Tree limbs and a couple trees were knocked down as well.
April 2024Tornado (EF0)Sedan-Brief tornado touchdown reported via Facebook with damage pictures to tree sent in. A couple of hardwood trees were snapped but had compromised trunks. Nearby cedar trees had broken branches, and trunks snapped.
June 2023HailSedan-Dime sized hail covered the ground, but a few of the hail stones were half dollar sized.
June 2023Heavy RainSedan-Twenty four hour total of a Kansas Mesonet site of 2.10 inches.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSedan-COOP observer reported estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
May 2022Heavy RainSedan-A Coop observer in Sedan, Kansas, reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 3.78 inches.
March 2021Heavy RainSedan-This is a 72 hour rainfall total.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSedan-Relayed by a trained spotter.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSedan-No damage was reported.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSedan-A 6 to 8 inch diameter tree branch was blown down.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindSedan-Winds were estimated at 70 mph with pea size hail covering the ground.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindSedan-Widespread tree limbs some up to 8 inches in diameter were blown down across town. |Once utility pole was leaning over and several chain link fences were damaged by the falling tree limbs. Some windows were blown out of the businesses downtown.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSedan-A coop observer estimated 75 to 80 mph winds.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSedan-A coop observer reported wind gusts of 75 to 80 mph.
October 2014Heavy RainSedan-Measured rainfall of 2.90 inches.
October 2014Heavy RainSedan-The 24 hour rainfall amount was 5.30 inches.
June 2013Heavy RainSedan-Very heavy rains were reported by Amateur radio.
May 2013FloodSedan-Numerous low water crossings were being inundated by water.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSedan-A 3-foot diameter tree was uprooted.
May 2013FloodSedan-Minor street flooding was reported.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSedan-Multiple full-sized trees were reported down in Sedan and blocking roads. Size estimates were unknown. Estimated time based on radar.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSedan-Wind speed was estimated by a law enforcement official.
May 2012FloodSedan-Water covered Sedan's Main Street to a depth of one foot. Unfortunately, property and/or crop damage estimates are unknown.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSedan-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
February 2011HailSedan-Was reported on the west side of town.
April 2011HailSedan-In twenty minutes 0.91 inches of rain fell as well.
June 2010Heavy RainSedan-Rainfall since midnight was 2.20 inches.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindSedan-The 60 mph winds were accompanied by one inch hail.
April 2010HailSedan-Fifty three mph winds were also measured as well.
March 2009HailSedan-The hail covered the ground.
May 2009Heavy RainSedan-Rainfall of 1.04 inches fell in less than 30 minutes.
October 2009Heavy RainSedan-Rainfall totals were 3.73 inches near Sedan.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindSedan-A few gusts reached 60 mph.
May 2008HailSedan-Quarter to golfball sized hail was reported by KAKE-TV storm chaser.
June 2007Flash FloodSedan-Widespread 9 to 11 inch rainfall amounts occurred across Chautauqua County from June 27th through July 1st, producing widespread, significant flooding. Please refer to this event in the July 2007 StormData publication for complete details.
June 2005Flash FloodSedan-Water was reported over the roadway.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindSedan-Unspecified damage.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindSedan-Unspecified damage.
April 2003Tornado (F0)Sedan-Brief event in the country.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindSedan-Top quarter of 20 foot Bradford tree either toppled or sheared over.
May 2002Flash FloodSedan-Many roads flooded. In Sedan, depths approached 3 feet.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSedan-Major tree damage.
July 1999Flash FloodSedan-Torrential rains caused widespread flooding, especially in and around Cedar Vale where the flooding reached some homes, the hospital, and nursing home. The flooding was reported by both law enforcement officials and co-operative observers.

Every storm recorded in Chautauqua 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
Monett4.5 miles13
Rogers5.1 miles13
Grafton5.4 miles14
Peru5.5 miles13
Chautauqua7.4 miles13
Gibbs7.5 miles13
Jonesburg (historical)9.5 miles13
Elgin9.7 miles14

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 SedanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1931571The 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 469151. 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.