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.
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
- Antelope Creek Masonry Arch Bridgelisted 2014
Population over time
2 figuresTipton 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 210 | |
| 2020 | 193 | -17 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Tipton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2015Regional 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 use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 9102015 |
| 15 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 71515 |
| 6 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 3062018 |
| 13 November 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1 |
| 31 January 2016 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1312016 |
| 1 January 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 112016 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
42 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Tipton | $100,000 | This 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 2019 | Tornado (EF2) | Tipton | $75,000 | This 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 2018 | Flash Flood | Tipton | $30,000 | Ground-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 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | Tipton | $25,000 | One 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 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Tipton | $25,000 | This 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 2015 | Hail | Tipton | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Tipton | $10,000 | Storm 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 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $5,000 | Tree damage was reported. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | $3,000 | A 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 2008 | Hail | Tipton | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Tipton | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located seven miles east of Tipton. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile east of Tipton. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | A wind gust of 61 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 7 miles east of Tipton. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | A wind gust of 69 MPH was measured by a mesonet state located 7 miles east of Tipton. |
| May 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tipton | - | A storm total rainfall amount of 5.18 inches was measured. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | Wind gusts were estimated at 60 MPH. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tipton | - | 60 mph winds near Tipton at the same time as the hail. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Tipton | - | 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 2022 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tipton | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Hill | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hunter | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cawker City | 11.9 miles | 15 | |
| Victor | 11.9 miles | 12 | |
| Glen Elder | 13.8 miles | 14 | |
| Solomon Rapids | 17.3 miles | 12 | |
| Beloit | 20.8 miles | 13 | |
| Gilbert | 24.7 miles | 13 |
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 Tipton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2173868 | 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 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.




