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Covert, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Covert Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67473. The Survey maps it on the Covert quadrangle. It stands 1,762 feet above sea level.

Covert within Osborne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Covert in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 35 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2018HailCovert$250,000Hail ranging in size from quarters to tennis balls was reported.
July 2023HailCovert$100,000no account filed
May 2019Tornado (EF2)Covert$75,000This tornado initially developed in Russell County, tracking northeast into Osborne County around 5:23 PM CDT. This at times large tornado was observed by storm spotters, chasers and residents. Along its path, the tornado damaged several power poles, snapped and uprooted trees and overturned a grain cart. Three farmsteads were damaged, including a destroyed grain bin, outbuildings and sheds. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be 118 MPH.
August 2021HailCovert$25,000no account filed
May 2018HailCovert$25,000no account filed
April 2012HailCovert$25,000no account filed
December 2021Thunderstorm WindCovert$15,000Wind gusts were estimated to be near 65 MPH. A tree was blown over and an outbuilding suffered roof damage.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCovert$8,000An outbuilding located at a farmstead nine miles south-southwest of Osborne lost part of its roof.
August 2016Heavy RainCovert$5,000An unofficial rain total of 5.5 inches was reported near Covert. This occurred in a span of 2.5 hours. Rain was ongoing at the time of the report, but not nearly as heavy. Some roads in the area reportedly had water over them.
May 2016HailCovert$5,000no account filed
June 1994HailCovert$5,000no account filed
June 1994HailCovert$5,000no account filed
June 2008HailCovert$2,000no account filed
April 1994HailCovert$500no account filed
June 1994HailCovert$500no account filed
April 2023HailCovert-Ping pong ball to tennis ball size hail was reported.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindCovert-A wind gust of 65 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located 10 miles east-northeast of Natoma.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindCovert-Wind gusts estimated to be near 60-65 MPH blew the roof off of a hay shed.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCovert-Some minor outbuilding damage was reported in the area.
May 2018Heavy RainCovert-A storm total rainfall amount of 4.84 inches was measured.
August 2016HailCovert-A mix of dime to nickel size hail occurred.
July 2013Heavy RainCovert-Public reported 3.20 inches of rain had fallen during the afternoon.
April 2012Heavy RainCovert-Storm total precipitation as of mid evening was 3.17 inches.
May 1995HailCovert-Supercell thunderstorms produced baseball-size hail at Osborne and Damar and wind gusts to 65 mph at Palco. In Rooks County, the wind and hail combined to destroy 15 percent of the wheat crop and 25 percent of the alfalfa crop. Damage to 22 farm buildings was estimated at $50 thousand. Brief tornado touchdowns occurred near Codell and Plainville.
May 2025HailCovert-no account filed
March 2024HailCovert-no account filed
April 2023HailCovert-no account filed
May 2023HailCovert-no account filed
August 2020HailCovert-no account filed
May 2019HailCovert-no account filed
May 2018HailCovert-no account filed
October 2017HailCovert-no account filed
June 2016HailCovert-no account filed
June 2016HailCovert-no account filed
May 2016HailCovert-no account filed
May 2015HailCovert-no account filed
May 2015HailCovert-no account filed
May 2014HailCovert-no account filed
April 2012HailCovert-no account filed
April 2012HailCovert-no account filed
June 2011HailCovert-no account filed
April 2010HailCovert-no account filed
August 2009HailCovert-no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCovert-no account filed
May 1999HailCovert-no account filed
July 1995HailCovert-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osborne 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
Vincent7.8 miles13
Cheyenne Gap (historical)9.6 miles13
Cheyenne11.6 miles13
Bloomington11.9 miles15
Osborne12.6 miles15
Natoma13.1 miles12
Forney13.8 miles15
Alton15.0 miles15

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 CovertAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16890722The 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 484597. 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.