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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.

Sedgwick within Harvey County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Sedgwick 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,695
20201,603-92 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

38 since 2015

Regional 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1

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 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service6811
20 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County6771
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresHarvey County18213
31 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service2519
10 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHarvey County111
4 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service5045
3 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service123
26 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSedgwick County5290

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harvey County

Storms near this place

37 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2001Tornado (F0)Sedgwick$50,000Two large sheds destroyed and siding stripped from one home.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindSedgwick$32,500Numerous trees were knocked down across town from winds estimated to be 70 to 80 mph.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSedgwick$1,000Tree damage and construction signs blown down on U.S. Highway 50.
October 2018FloodSedgwick$200A car was reported stuck in deep water near 87th Street in the town Sedgwick near the Little Arkansas River.
October 2018FloodSedgwick$100Some flooding was reported north of the town of Sedgwick, Kansas.
October 2018FloodSedgwick$100Flooding was reported along 4th Street in the town of Sedgwick.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSedgwick-Trees and powerlines were down in the city.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSedgwick-Trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust of 60 mph.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindSedgwick-An irrigation pivot below onto the roadway at 60th and Emma Creek.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSedgwick-Several large trees were uprooted throughout the town of Sedgwick.
June 2023HailSedgwick-There was pea sized hail covering the ground. Some hail stones were quarter sized.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSedgwick-Measured wind gust of 61kts.
March 2022HailSedgwick-Dime to nickel sized hail was estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSedgwick-Damage was reported to the roofs of a barn and a house.
May 2020HailSedgwick-The report was relayed via Twitter.
June 2016HailSedgwick-Report came in via Facebook.
June 2015Flash FloodSedgwick-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 2015HailSedgwick-The public report was relayed via KWCH-TV.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindSedgwick-Reported at the intersection of Interstate 135 and Kansas highway 196.
July 2013FloodSedgwick-Police advise that Ridge Road north of 109th Street north to the county line flooded and impassable.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindSedgwick-Downed numerous tree limbs.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindSedgwick-Tree limbs blown down.
September 2025HailSedgwick-no account filed
May 2019HailSedgwick-no account filed
May 2016HailSedgwick-no account filed
June 2016HailSedgwick-no account filed
May 2016HailSedgwick-no account filed
March 2012HailSedgwick-no account filed
May 2009HailSedgwick-no account filed
March 2009HailSedgwick-no account filed
May 2007HailSedgwick-no account filed
June 2005HailSedgwick-no account filed
June 2005HailSedgwick-no account filed
June 2005HailSedgwick-no account filed
March 2002HailSedgwick-no account filed
October 1998HailSedgwick-no account filed
July 1995HailSedgwick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harvey 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
Putnam4.0 miles15
Van Arsdale5.7 miles15
McGraw7.2 miles16
Halstead7.4 miles15
Sand Creek8.5 miles16
Newton9.9 miles16
McLains10.2 miles14
Paxton11.2 miles15

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 SedgwickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2573443The 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.