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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.

South Haven within Sumner County

Population over time

2 figures

South 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.

YearPeople Change
2010363
2020324-39 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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 2015

Regional 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service21350
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKansas Forest Service131
20 September 2020Debris and open burning40 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Service127
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service126
26 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Service125
10 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresKansas Forest Service117
5 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service129

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumner County

Storms near this place

53 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven$100,000Damage was reported throughout the town with numerous power outages.
July 1998LightningSouth Haven$50,000Lightning struck a small church, setting fire to the roof and rafters. Water and smoke also damaged the pulpit.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven$25,000Window blown out at South Haven Cafe and a tree fell onto a house in South Haven.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven$12,000Four to five power poles were knocked down. Some nickel to dime sized hail accompanied the damaging winds.
July 2007Flash FloodSouth Haven$10,000Law 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 1997Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven$10,000no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven$8,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven$5,000Power lines were blown down. Time of occurrence was estimated by radar.
April 1994HailSouth Haven$5,000no account filed
April 1994HailSouth Haven$5,000no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven$1,500A 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 2025Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-Three power poles were reported down. Time was estimated from radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-The public reported estimated wind gusts around 50 to 60 mph.
May 2015FloodSouth 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 2013Tornado (EF0)South Haven-A rope tornado was reported by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-Large tree limbs were blown down near the intersection of highways 81 and 166.
August 2011HailSouth Haven-Reported on the turnpike.
June 2010FloodSouth 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 2006HailSouth Haven-Reported by KWCH TV.
April 2004Flash FloodSouth Haven-Intersection of Hoover Rd. and 170th Rd. flooded.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-Tree damage.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-Trees downed across highway.
June 2001Flash FloodSouth Haven-Many roads flooded.
June 2001Tornado (F0)South Haven-No reports of damage.
May 2018HailSouth Haven-no account filed
May 2016HailSouth Haven-no account filed
June 2011HailSouth Haven-no account filed
March 2009HailSouth Haven-no account filed
May 2009HailSouth Haven-no account filed
June 2008HailSouth Haven-no account filed
June 2007HailSouth Haven-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-no account filed
April 2006HailSouth Haven-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-no account filed
July 2005HailSouth Haven-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-no account filed
April 2004HailSouth Haven-no account filed
April 2003HailSouth Haven-no account filed
April 2003HailSouth Haven-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-no account filed
August 2003HailSouth Haven-no account filed
May 2002HailSouth Haven-no account filed
May 2002HailSouth Haven-no account filed
April 2001HailSouth Haven-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindSouth Haven-no account filed
July 2001HailSouth Haven-no account filed
March 2000HailSouth Haven-no account filed
September 1998HailSouth Haven-no account filed
April 1996HailSouth Haven-no account filed
May 1995HailSouth Haven-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sumner 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
Hunnewell3.2 miles13
Drury4.0 miles13
Portland5.2 miles14
Rome7.5 miles13
Corbin9.0 miles19
Ashton9.1 miles13
Perth10.0 miles19
Caldwell10.8 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 South HavenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2666600The 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.