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Tipton, Kansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pittsburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67485. The Survey maps it on the Tipton quadrangle. 193 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,604 feet above sea level.

Tipton within Mitchell County

On record in Tipton

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

Population over time

2 figures

Tipton fell from 210 to 193 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
2010210
2020193-17 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

6 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Tipton between 2015 and 2018, burning about 268 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Natural2

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
10 September 2015Natural2.0 acresKansas Forest Service9102015
15 July 2015Natural1.0 acresKansas Forest Service71515
6 March 2018Debris and open burning200 acresKansas Forest Service3062018
13 November 2016Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKansas Forest Service1
31 January 2016Debris and open burning40 acresKansas Forest Service1312016
1 January 2016Equipment and vehicle use15 acresKansas Forest Service112016

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mitchell County

Storms near this place

42 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tipton in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 21 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2012Tornado (EF1)Tipton$100,000This tornado touched down approximately 3 miles south of Tipton, crossed Highway 181 before lifting approximately 1 mile southeast of Tipton. Along its path, trees up to 4 ft in diameter were damaged or destroyed, outbuildings and garages were damaged or destroyed, homes suffered roof and siding damage and power poles were tipped or blown down completely. The maximum wind speed was estimated at 95 mph.
May 2019Tornado (EF2)Tipton$75,000This tornado initially developed in Russell County, tracking northeast through Osborne County and eventually into far western portions of Mitchell County. This at times large tornado was observed by storm spotters, chasers and residents. Along its path, the tornado damaged several power poles, snapped and uprooted trees and overturned a grain cart. Three farmsteads were damaged, including a destroyed grain bin, outbuildings and sheds. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be 118 MPH.
May 2018Flash FloodTipton$30,000Ground-truth rainfall of 3 to 6 inches were recorded, though radar estimates in some locations were at least a few inches higher. The main impact from this heavy rain was water running over multiple county roads.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Tipton$25,000One home was damaged by this very brief tornado. A small portion of the roof was peeled off and attic insulation was plastered onto the home and a pickup truck parked outside. Siding was damaged, a small piece of shingle was wedged into a piece of farm equipment and a piece of straw was wedged between a sliding window. Two small trailers were turned.
June 2015Tornado (EF0)Tipton$25,000This was a brief tornado that toppled an empty grain bin, and also topped an elm tree and knocked over a metal TV antenna before lifting.
May 2015HailTipton$25,000no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindTipton$25,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindTipton$20,000no account filed
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Tipton$10,000Storm Chasers captured video of this tornado as it crossed from Osborne County into Mitchell County. Other eye witnesses said this tornado joined with another tornado that had just developed near Glen Elder Dam. Damage from this tornado was limited to trees and power poles as it remained in open country.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindTipton$5,000Tree damage was reported.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindTipton$5,000no account filed
May 2021Thunderstorm WindTipton$3,000A wind gust of 66 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 6 miles west-southwest of Beloit. A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 7 miles east of Tipton. These wind gusts occurred on the northern edge of stratiform rain from a thunderstorm complex crossing through Lincoln County, causing power pole and tree damage in and around Beloit.
June 2008HailTipton$2,000no account filed
April 1994HailTipton$500no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindTipton-A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located seven miles east of Tipton.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTipton-A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile east of Tipton.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindTipton-A wind gust of 61 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 7 miles east of Tipton.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindTipton-A wind gust of 69 MPH was measured by a mesonet state located 7 miles east of Tipton.
May 2018Heavy RainTipton-A storm total rainfall amount of 5.18 inches was measured.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTipton-Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH.
June 2005HailTipton-60 mph winds near Tipton at the same time as the hail.
July 1995HailTipton-Thunderstorms dropped large hail, up to the size of baseballs, which flattened wheat fields. Hail covered the ground at Tipton and accumulated in drifts near Osborne.
June 2022HailTipton-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindTipton-no account filed
July 2018HailTipton-no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTipton-no account filed
May 2016HailTipton-no account filed
June 2015HailTipton-no account filed
June 2013HailTipton-no account filed
June 2013HailTipton-no account filed
May 2013HailTipton-no account filed
April 2011HailTipton-no account filed
March 2011HailTipton-no account filed
March 2011HailTipton-no account filed
June 2009HailTipton-no account filed
September 2009HailTipton-no account filed
August 2009HailTipton-no account filed
September 2008HailTipton-no account filed
April 2006HailTipton-no account filed
June 2005HailTipton-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindTipton-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindTipton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mitchell 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
Blue Hill6.2 miles12
Hunter8.5 miles12
Cawker City11.9 miles15
Victor11.9 miles12
Glen Elder13.8 miles14
Solomon Rapids17.3 miles12
Beloit20.8 miles13
Gilbert24.7 miles13

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 TiptonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2173868The 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 472408. 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.