BlockDensmore, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Solomon-District 3 Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67645. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Densmore quadrangle. It stands 2,149 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Norton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Densmore quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Norton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Densmore in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 12 hail, 3 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF3) | Densmore | $350,000 | Storm survey team located a four-mile track of significant damage along and just south of Road S from Road 6 to Road 10. Major damage occurred to a grove of large cottonwood trees. Nearby, a farmstead received damage to outbuildings, utility poles, with the south-facing wall of the home bowed out as a result of the tornado. |
| June 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Densmore | $250,000 | Brief Tornado near Norton/Phillips County Line. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Densmore | - | Public report of 60 MPH winds and blowing dust with visibility near 0. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Densmore | - | Ongoing hail was reported to have ranged from dime to half dollar size. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Densmore | - | Penny to half dollar sized hail. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Densmore | - | Observer located 7 miles south of Norton viewing a tornado to their east. This location agrees with that of a storm chaser who saw a dusty tornado to his south at the same time. There is no known damage. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Densmore | - | Peak winds were estimated at 70 mph. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Densmore | - | This report was relayed from the National Spotter Network. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Densmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Densmore | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Densmore | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Densmore | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Densmore | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Densmore | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Densmore | - | no account filed |
| February 1994 | Hail | Densmore | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Densmore | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Densmore | - | 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.
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 Densmore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5259339 | 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 472018. 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.