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.
Population over time
2 figuresSoldier 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 136 | |
| 2020 | 102 | -34 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1888 USGS Hiawatha quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hiawatha quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Soldier quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2000Regional 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Nemaha County | 398 |
| 17 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Horton Agency | WILD |
| 10 April 2001 | Debris and open burning | 66 acres | Horton Agency | GHOST |
| 27 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Horton Agency | 13000K |
| 25 March 2001 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Horton Agency | BONE HEAD |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 12 |
| 20 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 344 |
| 18 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Jackson County | 40 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Soldier | 2 killed | This 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 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Soldier | $500,000 | A 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | $40,000 | Numerous 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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | Tree limbs down, size was unknown. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | Law enforcement officers reported 60 to 70 mph wind gusts in Jackson County. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Soldier | - | The final touchdown occurred over open country southwest of Soldier. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Soldier | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Soldier | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circleville | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Holton | 13.0 miles | 18 | |
| Netawaka | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Birmingham | 17.3 miles | 18 | |
| Mayetta | 18.7 miles | 17 | |
| Whiting | 19.0 miles | 18 | |
| Carbon (historical) | 19.8 miles | 18 | |
| Delia | 20.4 miles | 19 |
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 Soldier | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1981860 | 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 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.








