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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.

Hodges within Edwards County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

21 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2009Tornado (EF1)Hodges$1,500,000This 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 2017HailHodges-The hail was mostly pea sized but a few nickel sized were observed.
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Hodges-Damage was done to several pivot irrigation sprinklers and trees.
May 2016Tornado (EF2)Hodges-This was an anti-cyclonic tornado that destroyed large power poles, several pivot irrigation sprinklers, and trees.
July 2012Heavy RainHodges-Rainfall of 3.00 was observed.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHodges-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 2009Thunderstorm WindHodges-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 2007Tornado (EF0)Hodges-No damage was observed.
April 2022HailHodges-no account filed
September 2021HailHodges-no account filed
June 2020HailHodges-no account filed
June 2020HailHodges-no account filed
May 2018HailHodges-no account filed
June 2017HailHodges-no account filed
June 2014HailHodges-no account filed
May 2014HailHodges-no account filed
April 2012HailHodges-no account filed
June 2011HailHodges-no account filed
June 2008HailHodges-no account filed
September 2007HailHodges-no account filed
May 2007HailHodges-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Edwards 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
Williams (historical)2.6 miles18
Centerview6.1 miles18
Kinsley7.5 miles18
Ardell8.4 miles18
Offerle10.6 miles13
Lewis10.8 miles19
Fellsburg11.0 miles18
Nettleton12.9 miles19

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.