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Soldier, Kansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Soldier Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66540. The Survey maps it on the Soldier quadrangle. 102 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,217 feet above sea level.

Soldier within Jackson County

Population over time

2 figures

Soldier fell from 136 to 102 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
2010136
2020102-34 (-25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

20 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Soldier between 2000 and 2018, burning about 709 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9

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
15 August 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresNemaha County398
17 April 2001Debris and open burning70 acresHorton AgencyWILD
10 April 2001Debris and open burning66 acresHorton AgencyGHOST
27 March 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresHorton Agency13000K
25 March 2001Debris and open burning40 acresHorton AgencyBONE HEAD
21 March 2015Debris and open burning75 acresKansas Forest Service12
20 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresKansas Forest Service344
18 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJackson County40

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Soldier in 22 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 14 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2008Tornado (EF2)Soldier2 killedThis is the second segment of a tornado that initially touched down in Pottawatomie County and then continued northeast into Jackson County before continuing northeast and dissipating in Nemaha County. This is segment 2 of 3. Upon entering Jackson County the tornado did EF1 and EF0 damage primarily to outbuildings, power poles and large trees. As the tornado continued northeast, it moved south of Soldier causing extensive damage to two farmsteads. One residence was blown off of its foundation while another sustained extensive damage to its external walls and roof. All surrounding outbuildings were destroyed. The tornado continued northeast, striking a mobile home just south of the Nemaha County border. The mobile home was destroyed, and the occupant sustained fatal injuries. The tornado then continued northeast into Nemaha County.
May 1993Tornado (F1)Soldier$500,000A multiple vortex tornado bounced up and down along its path damaging about 15 to 20 buildings, barns and homes at six locations in northwest Jackson county. Most of the smaller sheds were totally destroyed. Numerous power poles and cable also damaged.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSoldier$40,000Numerous large trees down throughout the town with damage to house roofs and vehicles. A grain bin and cow shed were also blown over. The winds were associated with decaying thunderstorms which caused quick temperature rises...known as heat bursts.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSoldier-Tree limbs down, size was unknown.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSoldier-Law enforcement officers reported 60 to 70 mph wind gusts in Jackson County.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Soldier-The final touchdown occurred over open country southwest of Soldier.
June 2018HailSoldier-no account filed
April 2006HailSoldier-no account filed
April 2006HailSoldier-no account filed
April 2005HailSoldier-no account filed
June 2005HailSoldier-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSoldier-no account filed
June 2003HailSoldier-no account filed
June 2003HailSoldier-no account filed
July 2003HailSoldier-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSoldier-no account filed
May 2002HailSoldier-no account filed
July 2002HailSoldier-no account filed
August 2002HailSoldier-no account filed
August 2002HailSoldier-no account filed
September 2002HailSoldier-no account filed
September 2002HailSoldier-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Circleville5.9 miles17
Holton13.0 miles18
Netawaka13.8 miles17
Birmingham17.3 miles18
Mayetta18.7 miles17
Whiting19.0 miles18
Carbon (historical)19.8 miles18
Delia20.4 miles19

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 SoldierAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1981860The 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 473447. 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.