Sedgwick, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Sedgwick Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67135. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sedgwick quadrangle. 1,603 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,381 feet above sea level.
On record in Sedgwick
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
- Sedgwick Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2012
Population over time
2 figuresSedgwick fell from 1,695 to 1,603 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 | 1,695 | |
| 2020 | 1,603 | -92 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Wichita quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sedgwick quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Sedgwick quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
38 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Sedgwick between 2015 and 2018, burning about 255 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 6811 |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 6771 |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Harvey County | 18213 |
| 31 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2519 |
| 10 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Harvey County | 111 |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 5045 |
| 3 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 123 |
| 26 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 5290 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sedgwick in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 20 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 4 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Sedgwick | $50,000 | Two large sheds destroyed and siding stripped from one home. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | $32,500 | Numerous trees were knocked down across town from winds estimated to be 70 to 80 mph. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | $1,000 | Tree damage and construction signs blown down on U.S. Highway 50. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Sedgwick | $200 | A car was reported stuck in deep water near 87th Street in the town Sedgwick near the Little Arkansas River. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Sedgwick | $100 | Some flooding was reported north of the town of Sedgwick, Kansas. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Sedgwick | $100 | Flooding was reported along 4th Street in the town of Sedgwick. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Trees and powerlines were down in the city. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | An irrigation pivot below onto the roadway at 60th and Emma Creek. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Several large trees were uprooted throughout the town of Sedgwick. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | There was pea sized hail covering the ground. Some hail stones were quarter sized. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Measured wind gust of 61kts. |
| March 2022 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | Dime to nickel sized hail was estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Damage was reported to the roofs of a barn and a house. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | The report was relayed via Twitter. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | Report came in via Facebook. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Sedgwick | - | Several streets in Sedgwick have become covered by water and barricades have been put in place. Other county roads in the area are also covered with water. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | The public report was relayed via KWCH-TV. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Reported at the intersection of Interstate 135 and Kansas highway 196. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Sedgwick | - | Police advise that Ridge Road north of 109th Street north to the county line flooded and impassable. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Downed numerous tree limbs. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sedgwick | - | Tree limbs blown down. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Sedgwick | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Van Arsdale | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| McGraw | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Halstead | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sand Creek | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Newton | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| McLains | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Paxton | 11.2 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 Sedgwick | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2573443 | 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 473680. 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.







