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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.

Big Bow within Stanton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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 94 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1996Thunderstorm WindBig Bow$52,000no account filed
June 2025HailBig Bow-The emergency manager reported 1.75 inch hail.
June 2025HailBig Bow-Emergency manager reported 1 inch hail.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-Multiple electrical poles broken and down. Report via social media.
June 2023Tornado (EF0)Big Bow-The storm report came via the Spotternetwork.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-A couple of trees were broken or uprooted.
April 2018HailBig Bow-The ground was covered by the hail.
June 2018HailBig Bow-As the dime size hail was falling, winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
May 2018HailBig Bow-Winds were also around 50 MPH.
March 2017HailBig Bow-Winds were 50 to 55 mph as the hail fell.
March 2017HailBig Bow-The ground was covered by the hail.
April 2015HailBig Bow-The hail covered the ground.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
October 2011HailBig Bow-The hail covered the ground.
April 2010HailBig Bow-Windows were broken by the hail in the spotters vehicle.
June 2009HailBig Bow-The hail was reported at the intersection of Road 1 and Road A.
October 2008HailBig Bow-The hail was estimated to range from nickel to quarter sized and the wind was estimated to be at 40 mph.
August 2008Heavy RainBig Bow-Rainfall of 3.40 was measured in 2 hours.
August 2008Heavy RainBig Bow-Rainfall of 4.00 was measured. Some basements were flooded just west of this location.
August 2008Heavy RainBig Bow-Rainfall of 4.20 was measured.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-The roof of an outbuilding was torn off by the high wind.
June 2005HailBig Bow-Stanton county reported 200,000 acres of crops damaged 10 to 20 percent by the hail.
August 2004LightningBig Bow-Lightning hit a house and caused it burn. The home was completely destroyed but the occupants got out safely.
June 2023HailBig Bow-no account filed
July 2023HailBig Bow-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-no account filed
April 2022HailBig Bow-no account filed
October 2021Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-no account filed
June 2019HailBig Bow-no account filed
July 2018HailBig Bow-no account filed
May 2017HailBig Bow-no account filed
April 2015HailBig Bow-no account filed
May 2015HailBig Bow-no account filed
June 2014HailBig Bow-no account filed
August 2014HailBig Bow-no account filed
August 2014HailBig Bow-no account filed
August 2014HailBig Bow-no account filed
April 2012HailBig Bow-no account filed
April 2012HailBig Bow-no account filed
October 2011HailBig Bow-no account filed
April 2010HailBig Bow-no account filed
May 2010HailBig Bow-no account filed
May 2010HailBig Bow-no account filed
June 2009HailBig Bow-no account filed
June 2009HailBig Bow-no account filed
June 2009HailBig Bow-no account filed
June 2008HailBig Bow-no account filed
June 2008HailBig Bow-no account filed
June 2008HailBig Bow-no account filed
June 2007HailBig Bow-no account filed
March 2007HailBig Bow-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBig Bow-no account filed
September 2006HailBig Bow-no account filed
July 2005HailBig Bow-no account filed
April 2004HailBig Bow-no account filed
May 2004HailBig Bow-no account filed
June 2004HailBig Bow-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stanton 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
Julian3.5 miles16
Johnson10.0 miles14
Manter17.4 miles14
Saunders26.1 miles13

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 BowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4905191The 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.