Stafford, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Stafford Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67578. The Survey maps it on the Stafford quadrangle. 959 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,857 feet above sea level.
On record in Stafford
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 6 records
Convenanter Churchlisted 2005
Farmers National Banklisted 2006
First Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 2002
Sarah L. Henderson Houselisted 1996
Nora E. Larabee Memorial Librarylisted 2006
Joseph L. Spickard Houselisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresStafford fell from 1,042 to 959 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 | 1,042 | |
| 2020 | 959 | -83 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Stafford quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Stafford between 2000 and 2020, burning about 161 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Stafford County | 63 |
| 19 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 625 |
| 23 June 2000 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Quivira National Wildlife Refuge | STAFFORD |
| 11 June 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Stafford County | 51 |
| 5 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 26 |
| 17 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 31 |
| 2 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18 |
| 12 December 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 653 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 102 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stafford in 102 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 62 hail, 31 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | $53,000 | A pivot sprinkler was blown down along with 6 to 7 power poles. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | $8,000 | The wind damaged the roof of a local restaurant and broken numerous three to five inch diameter tree limbs. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | $5,000 | Multiple power poles were blown down. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | $3,000 | Six power poles were snapped off near the ground. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Stafford | - | A 24 hour rainfall report of 1.18 inches. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | A shed was flipped over by the high wind gusts. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | Eight to ten power poles were blown down by the high wind. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Stafford | - | The hail was reported to be 2 to 3 inches deep on roads from Stafford to the Junction of Highway 50 and US 281. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 65 MPH. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | The wind was reported by a trained spotter. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | The wind was estimated. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Stafford | - | Two to four inches of water was reported to be flowing over highway 50. Also, some water over rural county roads in the radium area. |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Stafford | - | Rainfall of 2.30 inches was reported. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Stafford | - | Along with pea sized hail his wheat crop was severely damaged. |
| October 2005 | Hail | Stafford | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| October 2005 | Hail | Stafford | - | The hail completely covered the ground. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | Two inch tree limbs broken. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | Six to eight inch diameter limbs were blown down. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Stafford | - | Another brief tornado reported (again, not a gustnado). |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Stafford | - | Another brief tornado spinup in the same general location as the 1712 CST tornado. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | Two foot diameter trees blown down. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | Three to four inch diameter tree branches were broken. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Stafford | - | Tornado "skipped" much of the way with some light tree damage reported. |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Stafford | - | Water was reported over the intersection of HWY 50 and HWY 281. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | Tree limbs blown down and shingles blown off roofs. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | Power lines down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | Tree limbs blown down. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | 5 inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Heavy Rain | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| October 2005 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Stafford | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Stafford | - | 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 Stafford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2608876 | 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 473592. 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.





