South Haven, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Haven Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67140. It stands on Antelope Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Haven quadrangle. 324 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSouth Haven fell from 363 to 324 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 | 363 | |
| 2020 | 324 | -39 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS South Haven quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of South Haven between 2015 and 2020, burning about 555 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 21350 |
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 131 |
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 127 |
| 31 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 126 |
| 26 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 125 |
| 10 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 117 |
| 5 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 129 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
53 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Haven in 53 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 25 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | $100,000 | Damage was reported throughout the town with numerous power outages. |
| July 1998 | Lightning | South Haven | $50,000 | Lightning struck a small church, setting fire to the roof and rafters. Water and smoke also damaged the pulpit. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | $25,000 | Window blown out at South Haven Cafe and a tree fell onto a house in South Haven. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | $12,000 | Four to five power poles were knocked down. Some nickel to dime sized hail accompanied the damaging winds. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | South Haven | $10,000 | Law enforcement reported that water was flowing over Highway 81 at Maize near South Haven. They also reported that vehicle was swept into ditch at this location. Highway 81 at Belle Plaine was also reported to be under 1 foot of water. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | $8,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | $5,000 | Power lines were blown down. Time of occurrence was estimated by radar. |
| April 1994 | Hail | South Haven | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | South Haven | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | $1,500 | A car was blown over at a gas station just north of the Kansas Oklahoma state line along Interstate 35. Also an awning over the gas pumps at the truck stop was blown over and power poles were snapped half way up. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | Three power poles were reported down. Time was estimated from radar. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | The public reported estimated wind gusts around 50 to 60 mph. |
| May 2015 | Flood | South Haven | - | Law enforcement reported water flowing over U.S. Highway 166 west of the Turnpike a couple miles east of South Haven. Deputies estimated that Highway 166 will be impassable in 30 minutes. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | South Haven | - | A rope tornado was reported by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | Large tree limbs were blown down near the intersection of highways 81 and 166. |
| August 2011 | Hail | South Haven | - | Reported on the turnpike. |
| June 2010 | Flood | South Haven | - | Slow moving thunderstorms moved south across Sumner county during the evening hours of the 23rd, producing rainfall amounts ranging from 1 to 3 inches, heaviest across east and southeast portions of the county. The heavy rainfall flooded portions of Highway 166 east of Interstate 35, about 5 miles east of South Haven. Any damage estimates the flooding may have incurred is unknown. |
| April 2006 | Hail | South Haven | - | Reported by KWCH TV. |
| April 2004 | Flash Flood | South Haven | - | Intersection of Hoover Rd. and 170th Rd. flooded. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | Tree damage. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | Trees downed across highway. |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | South Haven | - | Many roads flooded. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | South Haven | - | No reports of damage. |
| May 2018 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | South Haven | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | South Haven | - | 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.
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 South Haven | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2666600 | 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 470073. 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.




