Syracuse, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Syracuse Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67878. It stands on Syracuse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Syracuse West quadrangle. 1,826 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,232 feet above sea level.
On record in Syracuse
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 1 record
Northup Theaterlisted 2005
Population over time
2 figuresSyracuse grew from 1,812 to 1,826 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 | 1,812 | |
| 2020 | 1,826 | +14 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1900 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Syracuse West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ulysses quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Ulysses quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Syracuse between 2015 and 2018, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1500008 |
| 29 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1800012 |
| 11 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1600027 |
Storms near this place
60 of 294 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Syracuse in 294 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 177 hail, 95 thunderstorm wind, 9 heavy rain, 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1993 | Hail | Syracuse | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $10,000 | Grain bin destroyed. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Syracuse | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Syracuse | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $2,000 | Four power poles destroyed. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $2,000 | Power poles down across highway 27. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $1,000 | A couple of power poles were blown down. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Syracuse | $500 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | AWOS station K3K3 Syracuse recorded a 69 mph wind gust. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | AWOS station K3K3 Syracuse recorded a 59 mph wind gust. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Syracuse | - | A storm chaser reported 2.75 inch hail and included pictures via social media. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Syracuse | - | Public reported 2 inch hail. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | AWOS station K3K3 Syracuse recorded a 58 mph wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Reported by a mesonet station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Measured by the AWOS station at Syracuse. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Syracuse | - | This was another landspout tornado. |
| July 2020 | Heavy Rain | Syracuse | - | Rainfall of 2.96 inches was observed. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Measured on a home weather station. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Syracuse | - | Water was crossing Highway 27 near CR13. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| August 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Syracuse | - | There was a rotating wall cloud with funnel cloud observed. |
| July 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Syracuse | - | A land spout tornado moved south and then turned west before dissipating. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Syracuse | - | Rainfall of 2.42 inches was observed. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Wind gusts to 60 MPH were observed. |
| July 2017 | Heavy Rain | Syracuse | - | Rainfall was 5.40 inches. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Syracuse | - | Hail fell for about 40 minutes and increased in size with time. The largest and most damaging hail fell after 11 PM MDT. Damage was done to vehicles, bent 26 gauge roofing, and left dents in the ground. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Syracuse | - | The hail was dime to quarter sized. |
| June 2014 | Tornado (EF0) | Syracuse | - | This was a brief tornado that did not hit anything. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | An irrigation sprinkler was overturned by the high wind. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Numerous power poles were downed by high wind. Two hay buildings had their roofs blown off. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | A few minutes before the gust part of a roof at the airport was blown onto a few vehicles. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Power poles were snapped along road 35, 14 miles south of Syracuse. |
| April 2010 | Heavy Rain | Syracuse | - | Rainfall of 1.90 inches fell in a short period at a location 18 miles south-southwest of Syracuse. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Syracuse | - | The hail was pea to quarter sized. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | This wind was measured by the KSN Weatherlab at the Syracuse Jr/Sr High School. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Tree limbs six to eight inches in diameter were broken. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Syracuse | - | One inch diameter hail was also reported by the broadcast media in the same area. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Syracuse | - | This landspout tornado was observed by weather modification pilots from the air and from the ground. It occurred over native grass land. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Syracuse | - | Rainfall of 1.20 was measured in a short period. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | JR/SR high school KSN weather lab report. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Syracuse | - | A continued problem from February where runoff from snow melt caused flooding in the county. Many roads were impassable or damaged for a long period of time. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Syracuse | - | A continued problem from February where runoff from snow melt caused flooding in the county. Many roads were impassable or damaged for a long period of time. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Syracuse | - | Two and one half inches of rain fell during the 24 hour period. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | A 20 by 150 foot tin roof was torn from metal poles. The roof was welded to the poles. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Syracuse | - | Just a few hail stones fell but they were big. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Syracuse | - | Also had wind gusts to 50 mph. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Semi rolled over. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Car rolled over by the high wind. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | The overhang of a roof of a house was removed. Many other houses in the area reported some damage. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Syracuse | - | Also had wind gusts to 55 mph with the hail |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Syracuse | - | Three semi trucks blown over by the high wind. |
| August 2006 | Flood | Syracuse | - | Roads were flooded in Syracuse and water was reported in some basements. |
| August 2006 | Heavy Rain | Syracuse | - | 4.30 inches of rain fell overnight |
| August 2006 | Heavy Rain | Syracuse | - | 4.50 inches of rain fell overnight. |
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 Syracuse | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1931559 | 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 471583. 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.







