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.
Population over time
2 figuresSevery 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 259 | |
| 2020 | 205 | -54 (-21%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1885 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Eureka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Severy quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Severy quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Severy South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2015Regional 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Elk County | 17075 |
| 1 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Greenwood County | 111 |
| 2 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1872 |
| 6 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Greenwood County | 72 |
| 26 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 54 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Greenwood County | 5 |
| 11 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Elk County | 17053 |
| 8 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Greenwood County | 45 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severy Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
39 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Hail | Severy | $75,000 | The large hail ranged in size from quarters to golf ball sized. |
| June 2017 | Lightning | Severy | $30,000 | Lightning struck a home and caused a structural fire. All occupants are okay except for a bit of smoke inhalation. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | $25,000 | Roof blown off a store. |
| June 2008 | Flash Flood | Severy | $5,000 | KDOT 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 2024 | Flood | Severy | - | 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 2024 | Flood | Severy | - | Water over K-99 north of Severy. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | A trained spotter reported the gust. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | Major tree damage was reported across town. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Severy | - | Water was flowing over Highway 99. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | Winds were estimated by a trained spotter. |
| May 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Severy | - | The funnel was reported near the intersection of Highway 99 and US Highway 400. |
| May 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Severy | - | A very brief rope tornado touched down in an open field. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | Law enforcement estimated 60 to 70 mph winds. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | Law enforcement officials reported the gust. |
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Severy | - | A brief rope tornado touchdown was reported in an open field. |
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Severy | - | A trained spotter reported a brief tornado touchdown, moving east, along highway 400. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Severy | - | Water was reported over Highway 99 near mile marker 49 about 5 miles south of Climax. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Severy | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Severy | - | Highway 99 under water. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | Several trees blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| March 2010 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Severy | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Severy | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Severy | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climax | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Piedmont | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Fall River | 10.6 miles | 19 | |
| Blodgett | 12.5 miles | 15 | |
| Landergin (historical) | 12.9 miles | 14 | |
| Eureka | 14.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tonovay | 16.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Ford | 16.4 miles | 14 |
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 Severy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2666547 | 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 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.









