Big Bow, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Big Bow Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67855. The Survey maps it on the Big Bow quadrangle. 32 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,166 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1900 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Syracuse quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Big Bow quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ulysses quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS Ulysses quadrangle1:100000
Storms near this place
60 of 94 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Big Bow in 94 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 75 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | $52,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Big Bow | - | The emergency manager reported 1.75 inch hail. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Big Bow | - | Emergency manager reported 1 inch hail. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | Multiple electrical poles broken and down. Report via social media. |
| June 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Big Bow | - | The storm report came via the Spotternetwork. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | A couple of trees were broken or uprooted. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Big Bow | - | The ground was covered by the hail. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Big Bow | - | As the dime size hail was falling, winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Big Bow | - | Winds were also around 50 MPH. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Big Bow | - | Winds were 50 to 55 mph as the hail fell. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Big Bow | - | The ground was covered by the hail. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Big Bow | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH. |
| October 2011 | Hail | Big Bow | - | The hail covered the ground. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Big Bow | - | Windows were broken by the hail in the spotters vehicle. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Big Bow | - | The hail was reported at the intersection of Road 1 and Road A. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Big Bow | - | The hail was estimated to range from nickel to quarter sized and the wind was estimated to be at 40 mph. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Big Bow | - | Rainfall of 3.40 was measured in 2 hours. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Big Bow | - | Rainfall of 4.00 was measured. Some basements were flooded just west of this location. |
| August 2008 | Heavy Rain | Big Bow | - | Rainfall of 4.20 was measured. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | The roof of an outbuilding was torn off by the high wind. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Big Bow | - | Stanton county reported 200,000 acres of crops damaged 10 to 20 percent by the hail. |
| August 2004 | Lightning | Big Bow | - | Lightning hit a house and caused it burn. The home was completely destroyed but the occupants got out safely. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| April 2022 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Big Bow | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Big Bow | - | 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.
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 Big Bow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4905191 | 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 471703. 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.







