Wilmore, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Powell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67155. The Survey maps it on the Wilmore quadrangle. 37 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,024 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWilmore fell from 53 to 37 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 | 53 | |
| 2020 | 37 | -16 (-30%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1892 USGS Coldwater quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Wilmore quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Protection quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Wilmore between 2015 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Comanche County | 2017053 |
| 26 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Comanche County | 2017043 |
| 29 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2015040 |
| 29 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2015039 |
| 28 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015036 |
| 17 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 2015033 |
| 13 May 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2018028 |
Storms near this place
60 of 73 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmore in 73 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 45 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 6 heavy rain, 4 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Wilmore | $85,000 | This QLCS tornado overturned an irrigation sprinkler. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew out the side of a barn and the tin roofs of a grainery and a carport. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Wilmore | - | The emergency manager reports continued flooding along Road 17 between Avenue D and the Kiowa County border. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Wilmore | - | An emergency manager reported 2.75 inch hail. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | Reported through Mping. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | Trees uprooted or snapped. |
| December 2022 | Hail | Wilmore | - | Report was received by social media. |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Wilmore | - | Rainfall of 3.25 inches was reported. |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Wilmore | - | This was the second tornado from the parent supercell thunderstorm. This tornado broke large branches from trees and took down a 1/4 mile stretch of power poles. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | A wet macroburst took down a half mile stretch of power poles. Numerous trees were heavily damaged in the northwest part of the county as well. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Wilmore | - | Mule creek was flooded, along with several county roads. |
| June 2014 | Flood | Wilmore | - | Water was over one bridge in Wilmore. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Wilmore | - | Rainfall of 3.50 was reported. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Wilmore | - | Law enforcement reported water covering the road about 1/2 mile north of Wilmore as the result of runoff from heavy rainfall. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Wilmore | - | Water was covering several roads as Mule Creek overflowed it's banks. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Wilmore | - | Rainfall of 3.25 inches fell during the 24 hour period. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Wilmore | - | There was also 70 MPH winds at this location. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | There was also 1 inch diameter hail with the wind. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs were broken by the high wind. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | Six inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Wilmore | - | Pea to penny sized hail covered the ground. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Wilmore | - | This tornado damaged trees, power lines and a barn. It moved into Barber county at 16:12 PM CDT. |
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Wilmore | - | Rainfall of 4.21 was observed. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wilmore | - | The hail was mostly smaller than 3/4 but was accompanied by strong winds. |
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Wilmore | - | This tornado was just south of the Comanche/Kiowa county line as it first moved east and then southeast. Towards the end it caused damage to a farm. A roof was blown off a lean-to, tin was stripped of a barn and a central air unit was removed from a house and destroyed. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | A trained spotter indicated the winds were around 60 mph. |
| April 2008 | Heavy Rain | Wilmore | - | Rainfall of 2.48 inches was observed. The rainfall rate during the event was as much as 7 inches per hour. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Wilmore | - | The observer also had 34 mph winds recorded on his weather station. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | Some hail occurred but the size was unknown. |
| September 2007 | Hail | Wilmore | - | The hail was just under nickel sized. |
| July 1999 | Heavy Rain | Wilmore | - | Four and one half inches of rain in a few hours. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmore | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Wilmore | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldwater | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Buttermilk | 17.2 miles | 13 | |
| Protection | 17.2 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 Wilmore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q605637 | 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 470741. 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.




