Ames

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Ames

Total population

21

Elevation398 m

Land area1.1 km²

Weather94°F · Sunny

Coordinates39.57°, -97.45°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ames is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33. It is located three miles southwest of Clyde, next to state highway K-9.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Ames, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Ralph Chaplin

American writer, artist and labor activist

G

George Dockins

American baseball player (1917-1997)

J

Jerry Jones

National Football League player (1894-1938)

R

Roland Cowell

American football, basketball, and baseball coach (1895-1953)

J

Jerry Lambert

Jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing

R

Ross Doyen

American politician and rancher

R

Ralph Van Deman Magoffin

American archaeologist (1874-1942)

L

Lorentz Schmidt

American architect

L

Lois Washburn

American politician and educator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kansas

• Clyde
  3.1 mi away · pop. 791
• Aurora
  9.1 mi away · pop. 25
• Clifton
  9.1 mi away · pop. 442
• Agenda
  9.6 mi away · pop. 90
• Concordia
  10.4 mi away · pop. 5,015
• Miltonvale
  15.2 mi away · pop. 474
• Norway
  19.3 mi away · pop. 6
• Belleville
  20.2 mi away · pop. 2,086
• Linn
  20.8 mi away · pop. 470
• Haddam
  21.3 mi away · pop. 118
• Clay Center
  21.6 mi away · pop. 4,132
• Jamestown
  22 mi away · pop. 174

Browse all places in Kansas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Ames

Watership Down

Richard Adams · 1972

Kansas

Leverett Wilson Spring · 1885

Geology and ground-water resources of Ford county, Kansas

Herbert Ames Waite · 1942

Am I in Kansas Yet?

Cassi Janzek · 2013

A Kansas schoolma'am (1898-1951)

Mable Eighmy Davis · 1960

County unification in Kansas

Harrison Leslie Euler · 1935

Freiheit in Kansas

William Henry Seward · 1858

Kansas shorthorn junior field day

Kansas State Shorthorn-Polled Shorthorn Association · 1974

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 192 mi
• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 196 mi
• Wildfire Burnt Canyon, Woodward, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 228 mi
• Wildfire Semi 270, Woodward, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 239 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Red-spotted Orbweaver

Araneus cingulatus

Seen 2026-09-07

Obscure Bird Grasshopper

Schistocerca obscura

Seen 2026-09-06

Smooth-headed Mummy Wasp

Aleiodes politiceps

Seen 2026-09-06

Spotted Cucumber Beetle

Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Seen 2026-09-06

Eastern Spotted-winged Antlion

Dendroleon obsoletus

Seen 2026-09-06

Dark Flower Scarab

Euphoria sepulcralis

Seen 2026-09-06

silver bluestem

Bothriochloa torreyana

Seen 2026-09-06

Plains Dog-Day Cicada

Neotibicen auriferus

Seen 2026-09-06

Wrinkled Grasshopper

Hippiscus ocelote

Seen 2026-09-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-12 12:30 UTC.