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Kansas, Oklahoma

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Kansas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74347. The Survey maps it on the Kansas quadrangle. 711 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,145 feet above sea level.

Kansas within Delaware County

Population over time

2 figures

Kansas fell from 802 to 711 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
2010802
2020711-91 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Kansas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,205 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined75
Arson/incendiarism55
Debris and open burning34
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
5 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
29 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
25 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
23 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
11 August 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30363
24 July 2012Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry30321

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kansas: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Platinum, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Woodruff FarmUranium, PlatinumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Delaware County

Storms near this place

37 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kansas in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 19 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailKansas$50,000Large hail up to golf ball size damaged homes and vehicles.
February 2023Thunderstorm WindKansas$25,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged outbuildings and the roofs of homes in a broad swath from near Kansas to near Colcord. Large tree limbs were snapped, and some trees were uprooted.
March 2015HailKansas$20,000no account filed
May 2009HailKansas$15,000no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindKansas$5,000The roof was blown off of a storage building at a lumber yard.
October 2019HailKansas$5,000no account filed
October 1998Thunderstorm WindKansas$1,000Several trees were uprooted, and large tree limbs blocked a roadway.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindKansas$500The roof was blown off of a tool shed.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindKansas-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees on Dayton Road.
August 2020Flash FloodKansas-Portions of Highway 10 were flooded south of Highway 412.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindKansas-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindKansas-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindKansas-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs about one mile north of the Twister gas station on U.S. Highway 412.
April 2013Flash FloodKansas-Several streets were reported flooded in and around Kansas.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Kansas-A brief tornado developed in open country. This tornado was witnessed by several different people and produced no known damage.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindKansas-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree. The tree blocked a road.
June 2008HailKansas-Penny to nickel size hail fell across southern Delaware County.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindKansas-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree.
May 1999HailKansas-There was a report of golfball-sized hail in Kansas at 351 PM CDT. There was another report of dime-sized hail 1 mile south of Kansas at 403 PM CDT.
September 1998Flash FloodKansas-Several county roads were flooded near the town of Kansas.
May 2025HailKansas-no account filed
March 2022HailKansas-no account filed
April 2014HailKansas-no account filed
April 2011HailKansas-no account filed
May 2009HailKansas-no account filed
April 2008HailKansas-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindKansas-no account filed
December 2008HailKansas-no account filed
March 2004HailKansas-no account filed
March 2004HailKansas-no account filed
May 2004HailKansas-no account filed
June 2004HailKansas-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindKansas-no account filed
May 1998HailKansas-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindKansas-no account filed
April 1995HailKansas-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindKansas-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Delaware 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
Twin Oaks2.8 miles18
Flint Creek3.6 miles19
Oaks4.0 miles18
Cloud Creek4.5 miles19
Beckwith4.7 miles19
Flint4.9 miles19
Rocky Ford6.3 miles19
Leach6.6 miles19

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 KansasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2517521The 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 1094286. 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.