Severance

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Severance

Total population

37

Elevation282 m

Land area0.36 km²

Weather59°F · Clear

Coordinates39.77°, -95.25°

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

Severance is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 76.

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 Severance, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

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

Harry Chapman

American baseball player

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

Nearby places in Kansas

• Denton
  2.6 mi away · pop. 109
• Bendena
  4 mi away · pop. 140
• Leona
  4.1 mi away · pop. 49
• Highland
  6.5 mi away · pop. 1,069
• Troy
  8.3 mi away
• Huron
  10.4 mi away · pop. 70
• White Cloud
  14.6 mi away
• Atchison
  15.3 mi away · pop. 10,785
• Horton
  16.7 mi away · pop. 1,610
• Powhattan
  20.4 mi away · pop. 74
• Kickapoo Site 2
  21.7 mi away
• Reserve
  22.2 mi away · pop. 48

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 Severance

Investigation of small grain response to various applications of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers on several Kansas soils

Joe Ray Gingrich · 1952

Classics of criminology

Joseph E. Jacoby · 2012

Study of written board policies with special emphasis directed to area vocational-technical schools in Kansas

Robert James Severance · 1966

Factors affecting the economic justification of a severance tax in Kansas

Charles Ewing Reed · 1948

Experimental production of feldspar and silica from several river sands in Kansas

Frank W. Bowdish · 1952

To His Excellency, John W. Geary, Governor of Kansas

Kansas. Citizens. · 1856

Seventh Conference on Severe Local Storms

Mo. (1971) Conference on Severe Local Storms Kansas City · 1971

Reports of cases determined in the Supreme court of the territory of Kansas [1858-1861]

Kansas. Supreme Court. · 1870

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 208 mi
• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 208 mi

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

Recently spotted species

sweet everlasting

Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium

Seen 2026-09-28

Little Yellow

Eurema lisa

Seen 2026-09-28

Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Seen 2026-09-28

Isabella Tiger Moth

Pyrrharctia isabella

Seen 2026-09-28

Eastern Comma

Polygonia comma

Seen 2026-09-28

Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

Seen 2026-09-28

Pearl Crescent

Phyciodes tharos

Seen 2026-09-28

Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Seen 2026-09-28

compass plant

Silphium laciniatum

Seen 2026-09-28

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