Glendale, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Glendale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67425. The Survey maps it on the Culver quadrangle. It stands 1,387 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Salina quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Hutchinson quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Juniata quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Salina quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 2016 and 2017, burning about 54 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Saline County | 39 |
| 22 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Saline County | 14 |
| 19 November 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 94 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
50 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glendale in 50 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 32 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF1) | Glendale | $100,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced a tornado, across northern portions of Saline county, Kansas, 7 miles northwest of Salina, Kansas. When the tornado touched down, it produced damage to a metal barn. Part of the roof had been blown off and some of the side walls had been blown out. The tornado continued to track to the northwest and moved into Ottawa county, Kansas, just to the east of the town of Tescott. The tornado was on the ground for 1.6 miles, in Saline county, and had a path width of 200 yards. A National Weather Service survey team, rated the tornado an EF1, across Saline county. Note: the tornado would go on to produce EF3 damage across Ottawa county. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Glendale | $45,000 | Home took a glancing blow by a weak tornado. The tornado blew out the soffits and some shingles from both sides of the home. A shed on the back side of the property was blown about 25 feet to the northeast. Wrap around shingles and soffit material was found on the northwest and west quadrants of circulation and could not have been due to straight line winds. Home owner also saw small finger like funnel exiting property to the north. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Glendale | - | Mostly nickel sized hail with a few quarter sized pieces fell. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Glendale | - | Numerous streets and yards were flooded with standing high water across town. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Glendale | - | Several rural roads were flooded due to very heavy rainfall. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Glendale | - | Picture sent on social media of estimated golf ball sized hail. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | A semi trailer was blown over on Interstate 70 near mile marker 239. Time of occurrence was estimated by radar. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Glendale | - | Trained spotter reported dime to quarter sized hail. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Glendale | - | Rain fall total 24 hours of 1.68 inches. |
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Glendale | - | Rain fall total 24 hours of 2.22 inches. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Glendale | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EFU) | Glendale | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | A semi-trailer was blown into another vehicle on Interstate 70 near mile marker 239. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Glendale | - | A lot of nickel sized hail fell in the area. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | This was reported as an estimated gust. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Glendale | - | A measured wind gust of 33 mph was also reported. |
| October 2017 | Hail | Glendale | - | Sixty mph winds were also reported with the hail. |
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | Quarter sized hail was also reported. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Glendale | - | No damage was reported. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Glendale | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2016 | Flood | Glendale | - | High water caused many county roads to become flooded and closed. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | Strong winds reported by a trained spotter. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Glendale | - | Quarter sized hail covered the ground near the Glendale Exit. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | Tree damage. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Glendale | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Glendale | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Glendale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedville | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Brookville | 8.5 miles | 17 | |
| Marydel | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bavaria | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Shipton | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Trenton | 12.0 miles | 16 | |
| Phillips Village (historical) | 13.3 miles | 17 | |
| Salina | 14.5 miles | 16 |
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 Glendale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12058670 | 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 476626. 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.






