BlockWhite Cloud, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Iowa Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66094. It stands on Nolands Creek. The Survey maps it on the White Cloud quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
On record in White Cloud
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 3 records
White Cloud Historic Districtlisted 1996- Poulet Houselisted 1971
- White Cloud Schoollisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresWhite Cloud fell from 176 to 115 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 | 176 | |
| 2020 | 115 | -61 (-35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1885 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS White Cloud quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Atchison quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
13 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Cloud in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 hail, 4 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | Flood | White Cloud | $100,000 | Once the Missouri River started flooding on March 9, it remained in flood through the remainder of the month. The gauge in St. Joseph, Missouri reached 32.12 feet on March 22 (preliminarily a new record). The flooding was caused by several rounds of heavy snow across the Northern Plains through the winter months, followed by a rapid warm-up and several days of heavy rain. The Missouri River Basin across the Northern Plains flooded with catastrophic consequences as numerous dams and levees failed. As the water flowed into the Missouri River upstream of Buchanan County, the river swelled and ultimately overwhelmed the levees along the river. Local fields were also submerged, which delayed the growing season in the region, but several roads were washed away across Atchison County, and I-29 from St. Joseph northward to the Iowa/Missouri border was closed until mid May. Note: The dollar valued assigned to this event is likely inaccurate as a full tally of the extent of the physical damages is unknown. The Missouri River remained in flood through the rest of the month, into April. |
| April 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | White Cloud | - | A tornado was reported by emergency management 2 miles west southwest of White Cloud at 215 pm on 4/27. A mutual aid storm survey conducted by NWS Topeka indicated no damage in the vicinity of the tornado. Therefore, the tornado is rated EF-Unknown. |
| April 2019 | Flood | White Cloud | - | Ongoing flooding along the Missouri River continued through the month of April and into May. Several roads were closed near the banks of the Missouri River. This flooding began in mid March and due to upstream releases and continued periods of heavy rain the flooding continued into May. Monetary damages are unknown despite the entry indicating 0 dollars of damages. |
| June 2019 | Flood | White Cloud | - | Heavy spring rains caused ongoing flooding along the Missouri River to Continue through the month. Some locations along the Missouri River experienced major flooding at times during the month. Damage estimates from roads washed out and crop damage are unknown at this time. |
| May 2019 | Flood | White Cloud | - | Heavy spring rains caused ongoing flooding along the Missouri River to Continue through the month. Some locations along the Missouri River experienced major flooding at times during the month. Damage estimates from roads washed out and crop damage are unknown at this time. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | White Cloud | - | K7 in White Cloud was flooded. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Cloud | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 75 mph. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | White Cloud | - | Duck Creek was reported to have overflowed Highway 7, north and west of White Cloud. |
| August 2018 | Hail | White Cloud | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | White Cloud | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | White Cloud | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | White Cloud | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | White Cloud | - | 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 White Cloud | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2597098 | 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 472799. 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.
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.