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Wright, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Grandview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67882. The Survey maps it on the Wright quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,533 feet above sea level.

Wright within Ford County

Population over time

2 figures

Wright fell from 163 to 145 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
2010163
2020145-18 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

12 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Wright between 2015 and 2020, burning about 29 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFord County1170285
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFord County1170242
21 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1180138
9 April 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFord County628
9 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1150066
5 April 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
25 December 2016Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresKansas Forest Service1438

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ford County

Storms near this place

59 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wright in 59 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 27 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 6 heavy rain, 4 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
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Wright$10,000This weak tornado traveled quickly east/northeast and damaged a roof, trees, grain bin, feed bunk and flipped an implement.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWright$10,000Part of a roof was blown off and several fences were blown down. Shingles were blown off roofs and a pretty good sized tree was uprooted. Four power poles were blown over also.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWright$10,000Ten power poles were blown down near Jewell Rd and 119 Rd.
June 2024Flash FloodWright-Water reported over the road at jewel road and jewel place. just outside of wright.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWright-Strong winds.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWright-Power poles were blown down at US Highway 50 and Road 121.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWright-An irrigation pipe trailer was overturned and 2 to 3 inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWright-There was tree damage from the high winds.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWright-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2018Flash FloodWright-Water crossed county roads in several locations.
May 2017Flash FloodWright-The road was closed at Jewell Road with water rushing over the surface.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWright-Winds were estimated to be 80 MPH.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWright-Winds were estimated to be 65 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindWright-Several one inch diameter tree limbs were broken by the high wind.
April 2012HailWright-The hail ranged from pea to quarter size.
July 2012Heavy RainWright-Rainfall of 1.75 was observed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWright-A railroad crossing arm was blown down by the high wind.
August 2007FloodWright-Water was covering road at 118 and highway 50.
August 2007Heavy RainWright-Rainfall of 4.10 inches was reported overnight.
August 2007Heavy RainWright-Six inches of rain fell overnight. Fences were washed out.
August 2007Heavy RainWright-Three and one half inches of rain fell overnight.
August 2007Heavy RainWright-Five inches of rain fell overnight. Fences and terraces were taken out all around this area.
August 2007Heavy RainWright-Six inches of rain fell overnight.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWright-A semi was blown off the road and 68 cars of a 95 car train pulling empty grain cars derailed. The trained had slowed to about 10 mph before the wind hit.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWright-Also had 3.20 inches of rain in a short time.
August 1998Flash FloodWright-Water reported over the road.
July 2023HailWright-no account filed
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWright-no account filed
November 2020HailWright-no account filed
August 2020HailWright-no account filed
June 2019HailWright-no account filed
July 2018HailWright-no account filed
June 2017HailWright-no account filed
June 2013Funnel CloudWright-no account filed
July 2013HailWright-no account filed
April 2012HailWright-no account filed
April 2012HailWright-no account filed
August 2011HailWright-no account filed
August 2011HailWright-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWright-no account filed
May 2011HailWright-no account filed
May 2011HailWright-no account filed
May 2011HailWright-no account filed
June 2009HailWright-no account filed
June 2009HailWright-no account filed
June 2009HailWright-no account filed
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWright-no account filed
May 2008HailWright-no account filed
April 2008HailWright-no account filed
March 2004HailWright-no account filed
May 2004HailWright-no account filed
June 2002HailWright-no account filed
March 2001Thunderstorm WindWright-no account filed
August 2000HailWright-no account filed
May 1999HailWright-no account filed
June 1998HailWright-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindWright-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindWright-no account filed
May 1995HailWright-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ford 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
Fort Dodge4.1 miles14
Wilroads Gardens4.5 miles14
Happy Homes Park5.1 miles14
Wilroads5.4 miles14
Dodge City6.9 miles14
South Dodge7.3 miles14
Spearville8.6 miles14
Sears11.4 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 WrightAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8038158The 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 473733. 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.