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Severy, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Twin Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67137. The Survey maps it on the Severy South quadrangle. 205 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,112 feet above sea level.

Severy within Greenwood County

Population over time

2 figures

Severy fell from 259 to 205 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
2010259
2020205-54 (-21%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

26 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Severy between 2015 and 2020, burning about 8,069 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Arson/incendiarism5

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
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresElk County17075
1 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGreenwood County111
2 June 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service1872
6 April 2017Debris and open burning40 acresGreenwood County72
26 April 2020Debris and open burning54 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
2 April 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGreenwood County5
11 April 2017Debris and open burning10 acresElk County17053
8 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGreenwood County45

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Greenwood County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Severy: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Severy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Greenwood County

Storms near this place

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Severy in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 4 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
May 2014HailSevery$75,000The large hail ranged in size from quarters to golf ball sized.
June 2017LightningSevery$30,000Lightning struck a home and caused a structural fire. All occupants are okay except for a bit of smoke inhalation.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSevery$25,000Roof blown off a store.
June 2008Flash FloodSevery$5,000KDOT barricaded a portion of highway 77 north of Severly due to water over the road. Also, flooding was reported in the town of Fall river. Several other county roads were underwater.
May 2024FloodSevery-Flooding on Kansas Highway 99 occurred just south of US Highway 400 during the evening of the 6th. A mesonet site near Climax measured a twenty four hour rainfall total of 2.14 inches.
May 2024FloodSevery-Water over K-99 north of Severy.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindSevery-A trained spotter reported the gust.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSevery-Major tree damage was reported across town.
May 2019Flash FloodSevery-Water was flowing over Highway 99.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindSevery-Winds were estimated by a trained spotter.
May 2014Funnel CloudSevery-The funnel was reported near the intersection of Highway 99 and US Highway 400.
May 2014Tornado (EF0)Severy-A very brief rope tornado touched down in an open field.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSevery-Law enforcement estimated 60 to 70 mph winds.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSevery-Law enforcement officials reported the gust.
September 2010Tornado (EF0)Severy-A brief rope tornado touchdown was reported in an open field.
September 2010Tornado (EF0)Severy-A trained spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown, moving east, along highway 400.
August 2008Flash FloodSevery-Water was reported over Highway 99 near mile marker 49 about 5 miles south of Climax.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Severy-Brief touchdown in open country.
May 2002Flash FloodSevery-Highway 99 under water.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindSevery-Several trees blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSevery-no account filed
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSevery-no account filed
August 2024HailSevery-no account filed
April 2023HailSevery-no account filed
October 2016HailSevery-no account filed
May 2014HailSevery-no account filed
May 2012HailSevery-no account filed
May 2012HailSevery-no account filed
April 2011HailSevery-no account filed
March 2010HailSevery-no account filed
May 2008HailSevery-no account filed
March 2006HailSevery-no account filed
March 2006HailSevery-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindSevery-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindSevery-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindSevery-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindSevery-no account filed
April 2003HailSevery-no account filed
September 1996HailSevery-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greenwood 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
Climax6.7 miles19
Piedmont7.3 miles14
Fall River10.6 miles19
Blodgett12.5 miles15
Landergin (historical)12.9 miles14
Eureka14.3 miles14
Tonovay16.1 miles14
Rocky Ford16.4 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 SeveryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2666547The 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 474866. 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.