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Codell, Kansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 12. It lies in ZIP code area 67663. The Survey maps it on the Codell quadrangle.

Codell within Rooks 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Codell between 2015 and 2017, burning about 384 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresKansas Forest Service61
28 June 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKansas Forest Service48
31 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service41
27 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKansas Forest Service37
13 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKansas Forest Service18
19 October 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresKansas Forest Service83
29 January 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresRooks County4

Every fire recorded in Rooks County

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Codell in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 22 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 flash 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
May 2019HailCodell$300,000The hailstone 3 inches in diameter was by far the exception, the majority of the hail ranged from pea to quarter size.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindCodell$50,000no account filed
July 2004Flash FloodCodell$30,000Water was running over roads near Paradise Creek and over Kansas Highway 18 near Codell.
May 2021HailCodell$25,000Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCodell$25,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in some downed power lines.
May 2015HailCodell$25,000no account filed
June 2011HailCodell$25,000no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindCodell$25,000no account filed
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Codell$15,000This tornado, the second to affect Rooks County on this day, touched down approximately 4 miles south of Codell, moved northeast and lifted appoximately 2 miles southeast of Codell. Damage along its path was confined to trees, fencing and several power poles. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be 110 MPH.
August 2007Flash FloodCodell$8,000no account filed
July 2020Thunderstorm WindCodell$5,000A 72 MPH wind gust was recorded by a mesonet station located 9 miles north-northeast of Codell.
May 2016HailCodell$5,000no account filed
June 2007HailCodell$5,000no account filed
June 2002HailCodell$5,000no account filed
May 2016Tornado (EF2)Codell$2,000This tornado was the continuation and end of the tornado that started in Ellis County north of the town of Catharine. In Rooks County, the overall damage was minimal and confined to trees as the tornado lifted within a mile of the county line. The entire path length through the 2 counties was 7 miles. At its peak in Ellis County, the maximum wind speed was estimated to be 125 MPH.
May 2008HailCodell$2,000no account filed
October 2023Thunderstorm WindCodell-A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located eight miles north-northeast of Codell.
October 2023Thunderstorm WindCodell-A wind gust of 62 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles northwest of Natoma.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCodell-A wind gust of 68 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located five miles northwest of Natoma.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCodell-A wind gust of 77 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located nine miles north-northeast of Codell.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCodell-A wind gust of 80 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located six miles northwest of Natoma.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindCodell-A wind gust of 80 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located eight miles north-northeast of Codell.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindCodell-A 73 MPH wind gust was measured by a mesonet station around 8 miles north-northeast of Codell.
August 2008Flash FloodCodell-Paradise Creek was reported out of its banks. A rain gage indicated that over six inches of rain had fallen.
August 2025HailCodell-no account filed
May 2024HailCodell-no account filed
May 2023HailCodell-no account filed
May 2021HailCodell-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCodell-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCodell-no account filed
May 2017HailCodell-no account filed
July 2017HailCodell-no account filed
June 2015HailCodell-no account filed
June 2011HailCodell-no account filed
April 2008Funnel CloudCodell-no account filed
May 2008HailCodell-no account filed
March 2004HailCodell-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCodell-no account filed
May 2003HailCodell-no account filed
June 2001HailCodell-no account filed
August 1997HailCodell-no account filed
July 1996HailCodell-no account filed
May 1995Tornado (F0)Codell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rooks 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
Plainville7.0 miles12
Laton8.3 miles12
Zurich14.1 miles12
Stockton17.5 miles14
Woodston18.6 miles13
Webster (historical)19.9 miles13
Palco20.8 miles13
Damar23.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 472446. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.