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Wilson, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Wilson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67490. The Survey maps it on the Wilson quadrangle. 859 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,683 feet above sea level.

Wilson within Ellsworth County

On record in Wilson

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 4 records

Population over time

2 figures

Wilson grew from 781 to 859 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
2010781
2020859+78 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Wilson between 2006 and 2018, burning about 5,128 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning1
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
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service30
30 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,200 acresKansas CountiesMILE 208
24 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Service25
27 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,920 acresKansas CountiesDORRANCE
7 March 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreEllsworth County11
18 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service8
11 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service25
20 October 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Service35

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ellsworth County

Storms near this place

60 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilson in 66 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 35 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 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
June 2002HailWilson$500,000Numerous windows smashed out of homes, businesses and vehicles. Crop damage, especially to corn and wheat, was extensive. Area newspapers contributed greatly to this report.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindWilson$500,000Major roof damage, with some roofs completely blown off homes. Windows blown out off both homes and vehicles. In cases where roofs were blown off homes, the resultant water damage from rains was extensive. Area newspapers contributed greatly to this report.
May 2007Flash FloodWilson$350,000Low water crossings were closed around Wilson due to high water. Widespread flooding was reported across the county. 2.55 inches of rain was reported by the Ellsworth police in just a few hours. No damage was reported to any structures.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWilson$90,000Reports of tractor trailers being blown over on Interstate 70 near mile marker 206.
June 1995HailWilson$22,000Twenty to thirty percent of wheat crop was damaged.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWilson$20,000The Kansas Highway Patrol reported that a semi had jack knifed on Interstate 70 due to the strong winds.
June 1995HailWilson$4,000no account filed
October 2018FloodWilson$100Water was reported over the road just south of Wilson.
August 2013Flash FloodWilson$100High water caused the closing of old Highway 40 between Ellsworth and Wilson due to water over the road. Numerous rural roads were impassible due to high water. Highway 14 north of Ellsworth also closed due to high water.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Wilson-A pivot system was flipped to the north on the south side of I-70 and to the south on the north side of I-70. A KDOT sign was also twisted.
May 2024FloodWilson-Water was over the roadway at Interstate 70 and 6th Road.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindWilson-Law Enforcement reported the gust.
June 2020HailWilson-Report via KSN television station of pea to ping pong ball sized hail. Time is approximated from radar. .
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWilson-A large tree branch was blown down.
May 2018HailWilson-Reported at mile marker 206 on Interstate 70.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWilson-This report was relayed via Law Enforcement.
September 2015HailWilson-The hail was reported along Interstate 70.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Wilson-The tornado touched down briefly in open country.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWilson-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWilson-Estimated gust reported by a trained spotter.
July 2009HailWilson-The hail nearly covered the ground.
July 2009HailWilson-Dime to quarter size hail was reported just south of I-70 between Dorrance and Wilson.
June 2008HailWilson-Hail ranged from pea to quarter size driven by 50 mph winds.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Wilson-Brief touchdown in open country.
August 2007Flash FloodWilson-Avenue J and L were closed due to high water flowing over them. 3.25 inches of rain was reported in the town of Wilson.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindWilson-The spotter also reported pea size hail.
June 2002HailWilson-Cooperative observer.
June 2002HailWilson-Cooperative observer.
June 2002HailWilson-No reports of damage, but one has to wonder.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWilson-Windows blown out of a home.
May 2024HailWilson-no account filed
May 2024HailWilson-no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
June 2011HailWilson-no account filed
June 2011HailWilson-no account filed
September 2009HailWilson-no account filed
April 2009HailWilson-no account filed
June 2008HailWilson-no account filed
June 2008HailWilson-no account filed
September 2008HailWilson-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
April 2005HailWilson-no account filed
May 2004HailWilson-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
June 2004HailWilson-no account filed
September 2004HailWilson-no account filed
June 2002HailWilson-no account filed
April 2001HailWilson-no account filed
April 2001HailWilson-no account filed
June 2001HailWilson-no account filed
July 2000HailWilson-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindWilson-no account filed
May 1999HailWilson-no account filed
May 1998HailWilson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellsworth 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
Black Wolf7.6 miles14
Ellsworth14.6 miles14
Holyrood16.8 miles13
Kanopolis18.6 miles14
Lorraine19.6 miles14
Midway22.6 miles15
Frantz (historical)22.7 miles15
Carneiro24.3 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 WilsonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2144465The 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 475335. 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.