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Dennis, Kansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Osage Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67341. The Survey maps it on the Dennis quadrangle. 152 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 928 feet above sea level.

Dennis within Labette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

19 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Dennis between 2015 and 2019, burning about 102 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism2

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
28 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLabette County1700025
23 April 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLabette County1700020
16 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1800020
8 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresKansas Forest Service1500010
2 March 2017Debris and open burning60 acresLabette County1700010
15 March 2015Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresKansas Forest Service1500011
10 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service1800011
8 February 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service1800005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Labette County

Storms near this place

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dennis in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 21 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 27 injuries. 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
April 2000Tornado (F3)Dennis27 hurt, $71,000,000The same tornado that formed 3 miles south of Cherryvale at 1930 CST in eastern Montgomery County, the tornado entered western Labette County at 1934 CST, 10 miles southwest of Dennis. Moving northeast around 35 mph, the tornado passed 4 miles south of Dennis at 1940 CST. At 1945 CST, the tornado entered southwest Parsons where it inflicted major damage to a law enforcement center, a movie theater, and a carnival. In all, 750 buildings were damaged of which 633 were homes. Of the homes, 53 were destroyed, 112 sustained major damage and 468 received minor damage. Of the 117 commercial buildings that sustained damage, 20 were destroyed, 28 received major damage, and 69 received minor damage. Total damage estimate: $40 million. A total of 27 people were injured, most were minor. Though inflicting F3 damage when it hit Parsons, the tornado possessed F1 intensity for most of it's track. This same tornado would continue moving northeast, clipping southeast Neosho County. Area newspapers contributed to this report.
September 1993Thunderstorm WindDennis$50,000no account filed
March 2003Tornado (F1)Dennis$25,000The following was damaged/destroyed: Two grain bins overturned, one carport destroyed, and a few road signs damaged.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindDennis$25,000Power lines downed.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDennis$25,000Roof was torn off a metal barn.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDennis$10,000Back porch lost half of it's roof.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindDennis$1,000Tree damage occurred and some shingles were blown off a home.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindDennis-Large tree branches were reported down via social media.
July 2020HailDennis-The report was relayed via Twitter.
July 2020HailDennis-Winds were also estimated to be between 30 and 40 mph.
May 2015FloodDennis-Reports of minor street flooding was noted at many low water crossings across the county.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDennis-Multiple reports of 60 to 70 mph winds from Dennis to Parsons.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindDennis-A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds near Dennis.
February 2009HailDennis-Quarter to golfball sized hail was reported.
April 2008HailDennis-Dime to golfball size hail occurred.
April 2022HailDennis-no account filed
April 2015HailDennis-no account filed
October 2014HailDennis-no account filed
October 2014HailDennis-no account filed
May 2011HailDennis-no account filed
June 2011HailDennis-no account filed
May 2011HailDennis-no account filed
May 2011HailDennis-no account filed
April 2011HailDennis-no account filed
July 2009HailDennis-no account filed
February 2009HailDennis-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDennis-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindDennis-no account filed
May 2008HailDennis-no account filed
May 2008HailDennis-no account filed
March 2006HailDennis-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindDennis-no account filed
May 1999HailDennis-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDennis-no account filed
March 1997HailDennis-no account filed
July 1995HailDennis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Labette 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
Grove1.8 miles19
Fern1.9 miles19
Orchard Park7.3 miles19
Parsons8.1 miles19
Winway8.3 miles19
Mound Valley9.8 miles18
Brownstone11.6 miles18
Altamont12.4 miles18

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 DennisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5258109The 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 484487. 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.