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Hickok, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Lincoln Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67880. The Survey maps it on the Hickok quadrangle.

Hickok within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hickok in 2017, burning under an acre 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
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
30 January 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGrant County8

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

60 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hickok in 63 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 36 hail, 24 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 1998Thunderstorm WindHickok$5,000Several power poles taken down by the wind.
May 2024HailHickok-Dimes to Nickels mostly , with a few Quarter size hailstones were reported.
May 2024HailHickok-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported.
June 2023Flash FloodHickok-Report of a road flooding and vehicle stranded along county road 5.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindHickok-Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHickok-Large tree limbs were broken and blown down.
June 2016Heavy RainHickok-Rainfall of 5.00 inches was observed.
July 2016FloodHickok-Water was flowing over several roads.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHickok-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindHickok-Winds were estimated to be 75 MPH.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHickok-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindHickok-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH but were strong enough to roll multiple 4 x 8 foot hay bales off a 12 foot high stack.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHickok-A hay shed was destroyed by strong thunderstorm winds.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindHickok-Reported from the KSN weatherlab network.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindHickok-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHickok-A power pole was broken 3 miles east of Ulysses on Road M and north off of highway 160.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindHickok-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2009HailHickok-The hail lasted for five minutes.
June 2009HailHickok-There was a wide stretch of hail on the ground. The largest stone measured 2.07.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindHickok-One inch tree limbs were blown down. An empty gas tank was also blown over.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindHickok-Feed bunkers blown over.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHickok-Three to four inch diameter limbs blown down.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHickok-Three to four inch diameter limbs blown down.
June 2024HailHickok-no account filed
February 2023HailHickok-no account filed
June 2020HailHickok-no account filed
July 2018HailHickok-no account filed
July 2018HailHickok-no account filed
August 2018HailHickok-no account filed
August 2018HailHickok-no account filed
May 2017HailHickok-no account filed
May 2017HailHickok-no account filed
June 2017HailHickok-no account filed
May 2015HailHickok-no account filed
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHickok-no account filed
October 2011HailHickok-no account filed
June 2009HailHickok-no account filed
June 2009HailHickok-no account filed
April 2009HailHickok-no account filed
July 2009HailHickok-no account filed
June 2008HailHickok-no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindHickok-no account filed
October 2008Thunderstorm WindHickok-no account filed
August 2007HailHickok-no account filed
August 2007HailHickok-no account filed
June 2007HailHickok-no account filed
June 2007HailHickok-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindHickok-no account filed
June 2004HailHickok-no account filed
June 2004HailHickok-no account filed
June 2003HailHickok-no account filed
May 2002HailHickok-no account filed
August 2002HailHickok-no account filed
July 2001HailHickok-no account filed
September 2001HailHickok-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindHickok-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindHickok-no account filed
May 1999HailHickok-no account filed
May 1999HailHickok-no account filed
June 1999HailHickok-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Ulysses6.8 miles15
Ryus7.7 miles9
Stano14.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484582. 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.