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Ash Valley, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ash Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67550. The Survey maps it on the Ash Valley quadrangle.

Ash Valley within Pawnee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

Storms near this place

60 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ash Valley in 69 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 46 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 4 flood. 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
July 2007HailAsh Valley$15,000The hail did quite a bit of damage to vehicles at this location.
September 2018Heavy RainAsh Valley-Rainfall of 2.87 inches was measured.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAsh Valley-Several 4 to 5 inch diameter limbs were broken by the high wind.
June 2015HailAsh Valley-This was the second occurrence of quarter sized hail at this location.
June 2015Heavy RainAsh Valley-The rain fell in 2 hours and caused extensive basement flooding. The rain gauge overfilled at the 5 1/2 inch mark.
June 2015Heavy RainAsh Valley-Four inches of rain fell in 2 hours. Several county roads were under water (and into the next day). At one point the Dry Walnut Creek was flowing over the bridge.
June 2015Heavy RainAsh Valley-Rainfall of 4.5 inches fell in 2 hours.
June 2015HailAsh Valley-There were several episodes of damaging hail at this location. The corn crop was shredded and the wheat was at least 50 percent destroyed.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Ash Valley-This cone tornado was the third in a series but only lasted for a short time. No damage was observed.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindAsh Valley-Six to eight inch diameter tree limbs were blown down by the high wind.
November 2012Thunderstorm WindAsh Valley-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
May 2009Heavy RainAsh Valley-Rainfall of 3.40 was recorded at a location 4 miles east of Ash Valley.
June 2009FloodAsh Valley-Water was over the road about a foot in depth across a wide area.
June 2009FloodAsh Valley-Some county roads had been under water including T road between 120th and 130th. Water had been over 155th but had since receded.
June 2009FloodAsh Valley-Numerous secondary county roads were under water from near Pawnee Rock to 5 miles west of Larned. Some roads had as much as 4 feet of water covering them.
June 2009Heavy RainAsh Valley-Rainfall of 2.75 inches was reported.
June 2009FloodAsh Valley-Ash Creek had risen 25 inches in the previous hours (and still rising) and was out of it's banks.
July 2008Heavy RainAsh Valley-Rainfall of 3.20 fell.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAsh Valley-Two inch diameter live limbs were blown down.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindAsh Valley-Two inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2024HailAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2023HailAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2023HailAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2023HailAsh Valley-no account filed
April 2022HailAsh Valley-no account filed
April 2021HailAsh Valley-no account filed
April 2021HailAsh Valley-no account filed
April 2021HailAsh Valley-no account filed
August 2021HailAsh Valley-no account filed
June 2020HailAsh Valley-no account filed
July 2018HailAsh Valley-no account filed
June 2017HailAsh Valley-no account filed
October 2017HailAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2016HailAsh Valley-no account filed
April 2015HailAsh Valley-no account filed
June 2015HailAsh Valley-no account filed
June 2015HailAsh Valley-no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindAsh Valley-no account filed
July 2015HailAsh Valley-no account filed
August 2014HailAsh Valley-no account filed
August 2013HailAsh Valley-no account filed
August 2013HailAsh Valley-no account filed
August 2011HailAsh Valley-no account filed
August 2011HailAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2011HailAsh Valley-no account filed
March 2011HailAsh Valley-no account filed
April 2010HailAsh Valley-no account filed
June 2009HailAsh Valley-no account filed
June 2009HailAsh Valley-no account filed
June 2009HailAsh Valley-no account filed
April 2009HailAsh Valley-no account filed
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2007HailAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2007HailAsh Valley-no account filed
June 2005HailAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2002HailAsh Valley-no account filed
August 2002HailAsh Valley-no account filed
May 2001HailAsh Valley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pawnee 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
Vaughn4.5 miles15
Frizell9.6 miles15
Sanford10.0 miles15
Larned10.6 miles15
Bert Wettar11.2 miles15
Rozel12.4 miles15
Hamburg12.6 miles15
Garfield15.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 475732. 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.