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Grigston, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Keystone Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67871. The Survey maps it on the Grigston quadrangle.

Grigston within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

Storms near this place

32 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grigston in 32 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 15 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGrigston-Thunderstorms winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
March 2017HailGrigston-Nickel to quarter sized hail covered the ground.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindGrigston-Dime sized hail fell during the wind.
August 2017Heavy RainGrigston-Rainfall was 2.18 inches.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindGrigston-Winds were estimated to be at least 80 MPH. Two vehicles had windows blown out and every wind on the west side of the house had windows blown out by the high wind.
May 2010Tornado (EF0)Grigston-Although the condensation funnel only was halfway to the ground, there was brief contact with the ground.
October 2008HailGrigston-The hail was estimated to range from pea to quarter sized.
July 2007Heavy RainGrigston-Rainfall of 2.50 inches was reported.
June 2007Heavy RainGrigston-Rainfall of 1.30 inches fell in 30 minutes and totaled 2.00 inches for the event.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindGrigston-The wind was accompanied by a large dust cloud.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindGrigston-4 to 6 inch tree limbs blown down.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindGrigston-no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGrigston-no account filed
August 2019HailGrigston-no account filed
May 2018HailGrigston-no account filed
May 2018HailGrigston-no account filed
September 2017HailGrigston-no account filed
April 2015Thunderstorm WindGrigston-no account filed
April 2015Thunderstorm WindGrigston-no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGrigston-no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGrigston-no account filed
October 2011Thunderstorm WindGrigston-no account filed
May 2011HailGrigston-no account filed
May 2008HailGrigston-no account filed
May 2008HailGrigston-no account filed
May 2008HailGrigston-no account filed
May 2008HailGrigston-no account filed
June 2006HailGrigston-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindGrigston-no account filed
March 1998HailGrigston-no account filed
July 1997HailGrigston-no account filed
July 1997HailGrigston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Manning4.9 miles8
Scott City10.1 miles10
Hutchins11.0 miles10
Shallow Water12.9 miles10
Chevron15.7 miles10
Modoc19.3 miles10
Pence22.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484562. 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.