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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Parsons quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Coffeyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 2015Regional 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Labette County | 1700025 |
| 23 April 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Labette County | 1700020 |
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1800020 |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500010 |
| 2 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Labette County | 1700010 |
| 15 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500011 |
| 10 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1800011 |
| 8 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1800005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
36 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Tornado (F3) | Dennis | 27 hurt, $71,000,000 | The 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 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $50,000 | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Dennis | $25,000 | The following was damaged/destroyed: Two grain bins overturned, one carport destroyed, and a few road signs damaged. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $25,000 | Power lines downed. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $25,000 | Roof was torn off a metal barn. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $10,000 | Back porch lost half of it's roof. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $1,000 | Tree damage occurred and some shingles were blown off a home. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | - | Large tree branches were reported down via social media. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Dennis | - | The report was relayed via Twitter. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Dennis | - | Winds were also estimated to be between 30 and 40 mph. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Dennis | - | Reports of minor street flooding was noted at many low water crossings across the county. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | - | Multiple reports of 60 to 70 mph winds from Dennis to Parsons. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 mph winds near Dennis. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Dennis | - | Quarter to golfball sized hail was reported. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Dennis | - | Dime to golfball size hail occurred. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Dennis | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Dennis | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grove | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Fern | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Orchard Park | 7.3 miles | 19 | |
| Parsons | 8.1 miles | 19 | |
| Winway | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Mound Valley | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Brownstone | 11.6 miles | 18 | |
| Altamont | 12.4 miles | 18 |
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 Dennis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5258109 | 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 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.












