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.
Population over time
2 figuresKansas 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 802 | |
| 2020 | 711 | -91 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1899 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Siloam Springs quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Kansas quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 25 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 11 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30363 |
| 24 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 30321 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Woodruff Farm | Uranium, Platinum | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
37 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Kansas | $50,000 | Large hail up to golf ball size damaged homes and vehicles. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | $25,000 | Strong 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 2015 | Hail | Kansas | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Kansas | $15,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | $5,000 | The roof was blown off of a storage building at a lumber yard. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Kansas | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | $1,000 | Several trees were uprooted, and large tree limbs blocked a roadway. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | $500 | The roof was blown off of a tool shed. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees on Dayton Road. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Kansas | - | Portions of Highway 10 were flooded south of Highway 412. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down several trees. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs about one mile north of the Twister gas station on U.S. Highway 412. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Kansas | - | Several streets were reported flooded in and around Kansas. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Kansas | - | A brief tornado developed in open country. This tornado was witnessed by several different people and produced no known damage. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree. The tree blocked a road. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kansas | - | Penny to nickel size hail fell across southern Delaware County. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a large tree. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Kansas | - | 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 1998 | Flash Flood | Kansas | - | Several county roads were flooded near the town of Kansas. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| December 2008 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Kansas | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kansas | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Oaks | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Flint Creek | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Oaks | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cloud Creek | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Beckwith | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Flint | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Rocky Ford | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Leach | 6.6 miles | 19 |
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 Kansas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2517521 | 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 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.







