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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.

Willowbrook within Reno County

Population over time

2 figures

Willowbrook 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.

YearPeople Change
201087
202071-16 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

116 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined58
Debris and open burning21
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks4
Natural3
Other causes1

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
7 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreReno County3144
6 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service3424
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service3359
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service3336
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreReno County3338
14 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresReno County3246
3 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service2939
27 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2938

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Reno County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carey Interpace Salt Mine & MillSaltProducer

Every working recorded in Reno County

Storms near this place

28 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook$150,000Eleven power poles were knocked down and ten more had the cross arms broken along Nickerson Boulevard.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook$7,000Winds estimated around 70 mph blew off parts of a residential metal roof near the intersection of Dean Road and 56th Avenue.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook$4,000Power lines were reported down.
September 2018FloodWillowbrook$100Flooding was reported near the Cow Creek between 51st and 59th streets. COOP rainfall reports ranged from 2.55 to 4.23 inches.
August 2013FloodWillowbrook$100Roads were closed along Cow Creek from flood waters.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-This wind gust was measured by a personal weather station.
June 2025Flash FloodWillowbrook-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 2022Heavy RainWillowbrook-A mesonet station 3 miles north of Willowbrook reported 1.06 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-The emergency manager estimated 60 to 70 mph winds.
June 2014HailWillowbrook-No damage was reported.
June 2014HailWillowbrook-This was a delayed report.
August 2013Flash FloodWillowbrook-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 2013HailWillowbrook-No damage was reported.
May 2008HailWillowbrook-The hail was mostly dime sized but a few stones around the size of a quarter fell as well.
May 2004HailWillowbrook-Occurred on southwest side of town.
June 2019HailWillowbrook-no account filed
June 2019HailWillowbrook-no account filed
May 2019HailWillowbrook-no account filed
June 2018HailWillowbrook-no account filed
July 2015HailWillowbrook-no account filed
July 2015HailWillowbrook-no account filed
July 2015HailWillowbrook-no account filed
July 2014HailWillowbrook-no account filed
May 2009HailWillowbrook-no account filed
March 2007HailWillowbrook-no account filed
May 2004HailWillowbrook-no account filed
February 2000HailWillowbrook-no account filed
September 1998HailWillowbrook-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Reno 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
Yaggy1.0 miles16
Hutchinson4.4 miles15
Nickerson5.8 miles14
South Hutchinson5.8 miles15
Adams Corner5.9 miles16
Whiteside6.6 miles16
Obeeville8.2 miles15
Medora8.4 miles14

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 WillowbrookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2673382The 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.