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Spearville, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Spearville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67876. The Survey maps it on the Spearville quadrangle. 791 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,461 feet above sea level.

Spearville within Ford County

Population over time

2 figures

Spearville grew from 773 to 791 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
2010773
2020791+18 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

7 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Spearville between 2017 and 2020, burning about 102 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/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
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
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service18192
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Servicenot named
30 June 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
26 May 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service18045
26 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service18042
6 March 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresFord County1170093
14 December 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service18446

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ford County

Storms near this place

60 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spearville in 76 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 44 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 9 heavy rain, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2006Thunderstorm WindSpearville1 hurt, $120,000A house was destroyed by a microburst estimated to be around 120 mph. Also, a grain bin and cattle shed were destroyed in the area. A cemetery across the street of the house received heavy damage to trees and tombstones. The injury was to a male, approximately 45 years of age, and occurred when a door blew off the hinges and into the living area striking the victim. All other occupants were heading towards the basement at the time. The injuries were minor (stitches required).
October 2021Tornado (EF0)Spearville$110,000This QLCS tornado moved into Hodgeman County at 21:42 CST.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindSpearville$18,000A two mile stretch of power poles were blown down (36 of them).
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSpearville$15,000A downburst produced an approximate 70 MPH gust that damaged the roof of the grade school. Additionally, a nearby small shed was overturned and a trampoline was tossed. Wind direction was southeast to northwest.
April 2025Heavy RainSpearville$1,000A storm total precipitation report of 4.5 inches from previous nights storms. Reported rain washed out cattle fences with cattle getting loose.
April 2025HailSpearville-Public report of 2 inch hail and the accumulation of smaller hail.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSpearville-Mesonet station SPUK1 Spearville recorded a 62 mph wind gust.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindSpearville-Public reported large tree branches blown down.
June 2024Heavy RainSpearville-A report of 2.70 inches of rain.
June 2024Flash FloodSpearville-Minor flooding in Spearville.
May 2024Heavy RainSpearville-Rainfall report of 1.38 inches.
June 2024Flash FloodSpearville-Four inches of water on the roadway at this location.
August 2022Tornado (EF0)Spearville-A weak landspout was videotaped by a local storm chaser.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSpearville-A barn was blown down with winds estimated to be greater than 70 MPH.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSpearville-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindSpearville-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
October 2018Heavy RainSpearville-Rainfall for the period was 6.10 inches.
July 2014Heavy RainSpearville-Rainfall of 2.55 fell during the 24 hour period.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindSpearville-A few shingles were blown off the roof.
August 2013Heavy RainSpearville-Rainfall of 3.0 inches was reported.
August 2013Heavy RainSpearville-Rainfall of 3.50 inches was reported.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSpearville-A shed was blown away, fuel tanks damaged, a tractor moved, and the siding was stripped from a shed. There were also several 50 year old cedar trees uprooted.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSpearville-Winds were estimated to be 80 MPH.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSpearville-Winds were estimated to be 60 mph.
April 2010HailSpearville-Penny to nickel sized hail fell along US highway 50.
August 2007Heavy RainSpearville-Three and one half inches of rain fell overnight.
May 2006HailSpearville-The hail covered the ground.
June 2006Heavy RainSpearville-3.50" of rain.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindSpearville-Six inch tree limbs blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSpearville-Three inch tree limbs blown down.
June 2024HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2024HailSpearville-no account filed
July 2024HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2024HailSpearville-no account filed
February 2023Thunderstorm WindSpearville-no account filed
July 2023HailSpearville-no account filed
June 2022HailSpearville-no account filed
June 2022HailSpearville-no account filed
June 2022HailSpearville-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSpearville-no account filed
June 2017HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2016HailSpearville-no account filed
September 2015HailSpearville-no account filed
June 2014HailSpearville-no account filed
June 2011HailSpearville-no account filed
June 2011HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2011HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2011HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2011HailSpearville-no account filed
April 2010HailSpearville-no account filed
April 2008HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2007HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2007HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2007HailSpearville-no account filed
May 2007HailSpearville-no account filed
April 2006HailSpearville-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSpearville-no account filed
October 2005HailSpearville-no account filed
October 2005HailSpearville-no account filed
March 2004HailSpearville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ford 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
Bellefont5.5 miles13
Windhorst7.5 miles13
Wright8.6 miles13
Fort Dodge12.5 miles14
Wilroads12.5 miles14
Wilroads Gardens12.8 miles14
Happy Homes Park13.7 miles14
Ford14.8 miles14

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 SpearvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1823205The 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 473738. 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.