Willowbrook, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67502. It stands on Bull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hutchinson quadrangle. 71 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,555 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWillowbrook fell from 87 to 71 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 | 87 | |
| 2020 | 71 | -16 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Willowbrook between 2006 and 2020, burning about 4,608 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 were 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 | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Reno County | 3144 |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 3424 |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 3359 |
| 29 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 3336 |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Reno County | 3338 |
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Reno County | 3246 |
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2939 |
| 27 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2938 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Willowbrook: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carey Interpace Salt Mine & Mill | Salt | Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willowbrook in 28 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 18 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willowbrook | $150,000 | Eleven power poles were knocked down and ten more had the cross arms broken along Nickerson Boulevard. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willowbrook | $7,000 | Winds estimated around 70 mph blew off parts of a residential metal roof near the intersection of Dean Road and 56th Avenue. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willowbrook | $4,000 | Power lines were reported down. |
| September 2018 | Flood | Willowbrook | $100 | Flooding was reported near the Cow Creek between 51st and 59th streets. COOP rainfall reports ranged from 2.55 to 4.23 inches. |
| August 2013 | Flood | Willowbrook | $100 | Roads were closed along Cow Creek from flood waters. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willowbrook | - | This wind gust was measured by a personal weather station. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Willowbrook | - | Multiple roads were flooded across Hutchinson with the most significant on Main Street between 15th and 18th where 3 to 4 feet was across the road. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Willowbrook | - | A mesonet station 3 miles north of Willowbrook reported 1.06 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willowbrook | - | The emergency manager estimated 60 to 70 mph winds. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | No damage was reported. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | This was a delayed report. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Willowbrook | - | Heavy rains were producing widespread minor issues across much of the county. However, the Hutchinson vicinity was have a worse time due to several bouts of heavy rain. Several roads in town were under water. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | The hail was mostly dime sized but a few stones around the size of a quarter fell as well. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | Occurred on southwest side of town. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Willowbrook | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaggy | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hutchinson | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Nickerson | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| South Hutchinson | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Adams Corner | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Whiteside | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Obeeville | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Medora | 8.4 miles | 14 |
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 Willowbrook | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2673382 | 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 477939. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.





