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Wallace, Kansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wallace Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67761. It stands on Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle. 41 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,314 feet above sea level.

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Wallace within Wallace County

On record in Wallace

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Wallace fell from 57 to 41 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
201057
202041-16 (-28%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wallace in 2018, burning about 100 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
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
25 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use100 acresKansas Forest Service0W17011

Every fire recorded in Wallace County

Storms near this place

60 of 139 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallace in 139 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 90 hail, 35 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 4 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
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWallace$100,000Two electric poles snapped, with atleast one more leaning. An old outbuilding, similiar in size to a single car garage, was blown a few feet off its foundation, and an irrigation pivot was overturned.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindWallace$100,000Fifteen empty rail cars overturned. Power lines down, grain bins overturned, significant damage to mobile home.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWallace$80,800An outbuilding in farmyard was completely destroyed. Nearby a machine shed was also destroyed. Nearby a pine tree was snapped.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWallace$80,000The tops of grain bins were bent inward. In addition the equipment attached to the grain bin was blown to the ground.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWallace$60,000As the line of storms moved over the town of Wallace, eight power poles were knocked down near the For Wallace Post Cemetery.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindWallace$55,000Newspaper reported strong winds which downed power poles and overturned pivots. A semi was also reported as being moved 60 feet and two combines were moved 30 feet.
September 1996Flash FloodWallace$50,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWallace$30,000Semi with trailer loaded with bales pushed 100 yards due to wind. A nearby grain bin that was partially full was blown off its foundation to the east. In a nearby pasture a combine was pushed roughly a quarter mile from north to south. ||Just to the northwest a stock trailer was rolled roughly 100 yards into a pasture, up hill, a piece of a small livestock shed hit a pickup truck, rolling the truck on its side, and a thousand gallon fuel tank was rolled a quarter mile.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWallace$30,000Three power poles reported down.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindWallace$30,000COOP observer sustained damage at their property due to a strong wind gust from outflow from a thunderstorm. Location is estimated to be near Wallace and time is estimated to be around 5 PM MST. Pictures from their property show a mobile home mostly destroyed with its roof blown off and multiple outer walls lacking integrity. Pictures also show substantial damage to a shed with its roof missing.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWallace$10,000An old garage just south of Wallace was blown over.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWallace$1,000Report received via social media of a approximately 12 inch diameter large tree limb broken off from a large tree. Time is estimated from radar and wind speed is estimated from damage indicators.
May 2008HailWallace$750Spotter reported hail breaking the windows.
May 1993HailWallace$500Thunderstorm winds associated with the thunderstorm blew tin off building. Funnel clouds were also reported with this storm.
April 2025HailWallace-Report of golf ball sized hail, with photos, from local Emergency Manager.
April 2025HailWallace-Spotter reported dime to penny sized hail covering the ground.
April 2024HailWallace-Law enforcement report of 1 inch hail.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWallace-Over a duration of nine minutes, a WeatherLink station located at Homestead Farms reported multiple 58 mph wind gusts.
May 2023HailWallace-Pea to quarter sized hail observed.
July 2023HailWallace-Report relayed from survey crew of mixed hail with the largest to around 2 inches in diameter.
July 2023HailWallace-Report relayed from survey crew of hail at least 2 inches in diameter. Some house siding was damaged due to wind driven hail.
August 2023HailWallace-Ping pong ball sized hail reported at location. Time is estimated from radar.
August 2023HailWallace-Ping pong ball sized hail reported at location. Time is estimated by radar.
August 2023HailWallace-Off-duty NWS employee reported quarter sized hail at location.
July 2023HailWallace-Report relayed from survey crew of hail destroying siding and windows on north side of house. Hail estimated to be at least tennis ball sized, larger hail possible based on damage.
August 2023HailWallace-Golf ball sized hail reported at location. Time is estimated by radar.
August 2023HailWallace-Report received of golf ball sized hail at location.
August 2023HailWallace-Hail up to golf balls in size reported at location that lasted 10 to 12 minutes from start time. Hail reported to have broken windows as well. Time is estimated by radar.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWallace-Report received of an estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindWallace-Mesonet site recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location.
July 2022HailWallace-Report received via social media of an estimated 1 inch hail at location.
June 2021HailWallace-Report received via social media of quarter sized hail at location.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWallace-Mesonet station reported a 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWallace-Report received via social media of a large live tree limb several feet long in size that was snapped off of a tree due to strong winds at location. Time is radar estimated and wind gust speed is estimated based on storm damage.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWallace-Mesonet station reported a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust at location.
May 2021Tornado (EFU)Wallace-Caller reported seeing tornado on the ground far north of Sharon Springs. Radar used to confirm exact times and locations.
May 2021Tornado (EFU)Wallace-Disptach relayed a spotter report of a brief tornado. Radar used for precise location. Another tornado (occurring just across the county line in Logan County) happened simultaneously with this tornado towards the end of this tornado's life.
March 2020HailWallace-A member of the public shared photos with NWS Goodland on social media which showed several inches of accumulated hail along the roadway along US Hwy 40. The individual hail stones ranged from dime to nickel size.
August 2020HailWallace-Hail ranging from pea to nickel sized reported at location. Time is radar estimated.
May 2019HailWallace-Up to ping pong sized hail reported but mostly pea sized hail. Via Facebook.
May 2019Heavy RainWallace-Rainfall over the past three hours.
May 2019HailWallace-Hail lasted several minutes, pea to quarter size, with only a few large hail stones.
August 2019Flash FloodWallace-Two rounds of heavy rainfall on the 23rd caused the Smoky Hill River to flow over a county road south of Wallace.
April 2019Tornado (EFU)Wallace-Law enforcement and public reports of a tornado. Viewed from Sherman County, looking south.
July 2018HailWallace-The hail ranged from quarter to ping-pong ball size and was covering the highway and adjacent fields.
July 2018HailWallace-The hail is covering the highway.
June 2014HailWallace-Heavy rainfall with hail stones up to dime size.
August 2013Flash FloodWallace-Flash flood report received the following morning from a spotter who stated that heavy rainfall the previous evening resulted in numerous county roads being under water up to a foot and a half deep. Time of event was estimated from Doppler radar rainfall estimates.
August 2013FloodWallace-Widespread heavy rainfall of 3-6 inches overnight resulted in flooding of fields, ditches with numerous county roads having 1-2 feet of water running over low spots.
August 2013HailWallace-Heavy rainfall also occurred.
July 2009HailWallace-Hail is covering the ground and water is running out of fields 3 miles south of US 40 on the county line.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWallace-Resident stated the wind gust lasted about one minute.
July 2008Flash FloodWallace-Water was reported to be running over county roads.
May 2008HailWallace-Public reported very strong winds accompanied the hail, but speeds were unknown.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Wallace-No known damage...over open fields. Tornado developed near Roads T, 26 and dissipated near Roads X, 28.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Wallace-Tornado described as a thin rope and nearly stationary. Tornado occurred mostly over open fields but crossed near intersection of Road G and Road 26 in extreme eastern Wallace county. Tree limb debris was caught in power lines at this location.
May 2006Tornado (F0)Wallace-Tornado occurred over open fields...no known damage.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindWallace-Large tree limbs down.
August 2004HailWallace-Hail covered the ground.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWallace-Four-inch diameter limbs broken off trees.

Every storm recorded in Wallace 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
Sharon Springs8.6 miles9
Sunland12.3 miles9
Weskan20.0 miles9

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 WallaceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q955195The 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 471163. 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.