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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.

Glendale within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

3 since 2016

Regional 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
24 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresSaline County39
22 February 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSaline County14
19 November 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresKansas Forest Service94

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Storms near this place

50 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018Tornado (EF1)Glendale$100,000A 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 2011Tornado (EF0)Glendale$45,000Home 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 2026HailGlendale-Mostly nickel sized hail with a few quarter sized pieces fell.
July 2025Flash FloodGlendale-Numerous streets and yards were flooded with standing high water across town.
July 2025Flash FloodGlendale-Several rural roads were flooded due to very heavy rainfall.
May 2024HailGlendale-Picture sent on social media of estimated golf ball sized hail.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindGlendale-A semi trailer was blown over on Interstate 70 near mile marker 239. Time of occurrence was estimated by radar.
July 2023HailGlendale-Trained spotter reported dime to quarter sized hail.
August 2023Heavy RainGlendale-Rain fall total 24 hours of 1.68 inches.
August 2023Heavy RainGlendale-Rain fall total 24 hours of 2.22 inches.
June 2022Tornado (EFU)Glendale-Brief touchdown in open country.
June 2022Tornado (EFU)Glendale-Brief touchdown in open country.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindGlendale-A semi-trailer was blown into another vehicle on Interstate 70 near mile marker 239.
May 2021HailGlendale-A lot of nickel sized hail fell in the area.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindGlendale-This was reported as an estimated gust.
June 2020HailGlendale-A measured wind gust of 33 mph was also reported.
October 2017HailGlendale-Sixty mph winds were also reported with the hail.
October 2017Thunderstorm WindGlendale-Quarter sized hail was also reported.
April 2016HailGlendale-No damage was reported.
April 2016Tornado (EF0)Glendale-No damage was reported.
May 2016FloodGlendale-High water caused many county roads to become flooded and closed.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGlendale-Strong winds reported by a trained spotter.
August 2013HailGlendale-Quarter sized hail covered the ground near the Glendale Exit.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindGlendale-Tree damage.
April 2001HailGlendale-Hail covered the ground.
April 2025HailGlendale-no account filed
April 2025HailGlendale-no account filed
April 2016HailGlendale-no account filed
May 2016HailGlendale-no account filed
May 2014HailGlendale-no account filed
August 2013HailGlendale-no account filed
August 2013HailGlendale-no account filed
August 2013HailGlendale-no account filed
August 2013HailGlendale-no account filed
May 2012HailGlendale-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindGlendale-no account filed
April 2006HailGlendale-no account filed
April 2006HailGlendale-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindGlendale-no account filed
April 2002HailGlendale-no account filed
May 2002HailGlendale-no account filed
April 2002HailGlendale-no account filed
April 2001HailGlendale-no account filed
April 2001HailGlendale-no account filed
April 2001HailGlendale-no account filed
June 2001HailGlendale-no account filed
May 1999HailGlendale-no account filed
May 1999HailGlendale-no account filed
May 1999HailGlendale-no account filed
May 1999HailGlendale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Saline 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
Hedville6.5 miles17
Brookville8.5 miles17
Marydel8.7 miles16
Bavaria9.4 miles17
Shipton10.3 miles16
Trenton12.0 miles16
Phillips Village (historical)13.3 miles17
Salina14.5 miles16

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 GlendaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12058670The 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.