Ash Grove, Kansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Orange Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67481. The Survey maps it on the Ash Grove quadrangle.

Ash Grove within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1894 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1968 USGS Ash Grove quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ash Grove in 63 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 30 thunderstorm wind, 28 hail, 2 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
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	$25,000	A wind generator was destroyed.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	$20,000	One side of a building was torn off. The details as to building type are unknown at this time.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	$20,000	A roof was torn off a building. The details as to building type are unknown at this time.
June 2011	Flood	Ash Grove	$10,000	Very heavy rainfall amounts on the order of 2 to nearly 4 inches from the evening on the 1st into the overnight hours produced widespread flooding across Lincoln county through the evening on the 3rd. In addition to numerous roads being closed countywide due to high water, flooding was fairly widespread along the swollen Salt Creek near Barnard, and the Saline River and Spillman creek near Lincoln and Denmark. Furthermore, the swollen Bullfoot creek produced 5 feet of water in a residence's basement; this is the only known property damage produced by the flooding. The flooding also caused widespread damage to Lincoln County crops, but crop monetary losses are unknown. The Lincoln Sentinel-Republican contributed to this report.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	$5,000	The winds downed power lines. The time of occurrence was estimated from radar.
August 2023	Heavy Rain	Ash Grove	-	Rain fall total 24 hours of 1.88 inches.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	A trained spotter measured the gust.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	A trained spotter measured the gust.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	Fifty to sixty mph wind gusts were reported along with dime size hail.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	This was an estimated gust.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	A 58 mph wind gust was reported.
May 2018	Hail	Ash Grove	-	Sent via Twitter. The hail lasted for 10 minutes.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	A sheriffs deputy reported the gust, while responding to a lightning induced fire.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	A large tree was blown down on highway 181 near Quail Drive.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	Reported on Highway 18.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	Reported by a trained spotter.
May 2016	Flood	Ash Grove	-	Several roads were closed across the county. More numerous near Salt Creek around Barnard.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	A trained spotter reported the gust.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	This was reported by a trained storm spotter.
June 2013	Hail	Ash Grove	-	Very strong winds also occurred but no speeds were reported.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	No damage was reported.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	Winds were estimated by the Emergency Manager.
June 2011	Flash Flood	Ash Grove	-	Very heavy rainfall amounts on the order of 2 to nearly 4 inches from the evening on the 1st into the overnight hours produced widespread flooding across Lincoln county. Highway 14 near Interstate 70 was closed due to high water, along with Highway 181. Many other roads across the county were closed due to high water. Unfortunately, any property damage that may have occurred as a result of the flooding is unknown.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	Measured wind gust reported by a trained spotter.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	Measured wind gust reported by the Emergency Manager.
September 2010	Hail	Ash Grove	-	Dime size hail was accompanied by 40 to 50 mph winds.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	Estimated 70 mph winds leveled wheat fields and snapped 10-inch diameter tree limbs.
August 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	Four to six inch tree limbs were blown out of trees.
May 1999	Tornado (F0)	Ash Grove	-	Remaining over open country, the tornado crossed the Lincoln/Mitchell County line, 4 miles northwest of Ash Grove where it lifted just west of Hunter in extreme Southwest Mitchell County.
June 1998	Hail	Ash Grove	-	About 50% of wheat crop damaged.
April 2026	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
April 2026	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
August 2021	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2019	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2017	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
April 2017	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2016	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
September 2014	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
June 2013	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
April 2012	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
April 2010	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
August 2009	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2008	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
September 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
August 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Ash Grove	-	no account filed
May 2001	Hail	Ash Grove	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Grant	3.3 miles	12
Denmark	6.4 miles	12
Goldenrod	9.4 miles	12
Vesper	9.9 miles	12
Sylvan Grove	10.6 miles	12
Wolf Creek	10.7 miles	12
Lincoln	14.2 miles	12
Barnard	17.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472495. 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.

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.