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Hargrave, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in La Crosse-Brookdale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67556. The Survey maps it on the Hargrave quadrangle.

Hargrave within Rush County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hargrave in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 11 hail, 6 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2021Thunderstorm WindHargrave-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindHargrave-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHargrave-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2014HailHargrave-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH as the hail was falling.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHargrave-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Hargrave-This brief and weak tornado was the first of many that a large supercell thunderstorm produced. This one did damage to a shed and blew a sign down.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Hargrave-Based on a damage survey, radar data and spotter reports this slow moving tornado moved south, then east and finally east and northeast making a winding loop. Damage was done to trees and an outbuilding.
May 2012Tornado (EF1)Hargrave-This tornado moved in a loop starting moving east and then northeast. Damage was done to a trees and outbuildings.
May 2012Tornado (EF2)Hargrave-This tornado became a wedge as it traveled northeast and finally north and west as it dissipated. Damage was done to a couple of farms, trees, outbuildings and pivot sprinklers.
August 2009Heavy RainHargrave-Rainfall of 2.30 was measured overnight.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindHargrave-One inch diameter tree branches were blown down.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Hargrave-Brief tornado.
April 2001Tornado (F0)Hargrave-Brief,less than 30 seconds
June 1997Flash FloodHargrave-Four and one half inch rain washed roads out.
June 2022HailHargrave-no account filed
May 2021HailHargrave-no account filed
June 2018HailHargrave-no account filed
May 2016HailHargrave-no account filed
April 2013HailHargrave-no account filed
September 2010HailHargrave-no account filed
July 2005HailHargrave-no account filed
June 2004HailHargrave-no account filed
April 2001HailHargrave-no account filed
July 1994HailHargrave-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rush 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
Nekoma5.7 miles15
McCracken6.9 miles13
La Crosse7.4 miles15
Alexander8.3 miles15
Rush Center9.5 miles15
Liebenthal9.5 miles14
Bison13.3 miles14
Timken15.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484735. 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.