Hodges, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in South Brown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67547. The Survey maps it on the Kinsley SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1889 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Kinsley SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Kinsley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
21 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hodges in 21 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 14 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Hodges | $1,500,000 | This tornado turned over 4 pivot irrigation sprinklers and destroyed two 80,000 bushel grain bins. In addition a 500,000 bushel bin was heavily damaged. One of the 80k bins traveled nearly a mile. There was extensive rear flank downdraft damage in the vicinity of this tornado. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hodges | - | The hail was mostly pea sized but a few nickel sized were observed. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Hodges | - | Damage was done to several pivot irrigation sprinklers and trees. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF2) | Hodges | - | This was an anti-cyclonic tornado that destroyed large power poles, several pivot irrigation sprinklers, and trees. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Hodges | - | Rainfall of 3.00 was observed. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodges | - | The Forward and Rear Flank Downdrafts did damage to power poles, a barn and several pivot irrigation systems. The damage width was about 1 mile wide. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hodges | - | A second area that received damage from the Forward and Rear Flank downdrafts from the southeast moving storm was about 1 1/2 miles wide. There were several grain bins, power poles and several pivot irrigation sprinklers destroyed. |
| May 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Hodges | - | No damage was observed. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Hodges | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Hodges | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Williams (historical) | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Centerview | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Kinsley | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Ardell | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Offerle | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lewis | 10.8 miles | 19 | |
| Fellsburg | 11.0 miles | 18 | |
| Nettleton | 12.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 485455. 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.






