Kanorado, Kansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Stateline Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67741. The Survey maps it on the Kanorado quadrangle. 153 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,907 feet above sea level.
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Population over time
2 figuresKanorado grew from 153 to 153 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 153 | |
| 2020 | 153 | 0 (0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Limon quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Kanorado quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kanorado: 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
60 of 85 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kanorado in 85 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 53 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | 1 hurt | Dispatch reported a westbound truck pulling a bumper-pull camper was blown off the road onto its side due to the winds. There was one minor injury due to a laceration. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | $70,000 | Two irrigation pivots were flipped on their side on the south side of I-70 near mile marker 5. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | $70,000 | Damage to grain elevator, trees down, power poles down, roof damage to store and abandoned school. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | $5,000 | A semi and trailer was blown on its side about one and a half miles east of Kanorado. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | $5,000 | Garage damaged, shed destroyed. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | $1,000 | A power pole was reported down from thunderstorm wind. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | $1,000 | Winds snapped a 6-inch diameter tree trunk. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Kanorado | - | Brief landspout tornado reported at this location. No damage occurred. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Pea to quarter sized hail reported. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Pea to quarter sized hail was reported on I-70. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail reported. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | A trained spotter in the town of Kanorado reported less than one quarter mile visibility in dust along with the winds. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | Estimated wind gusts at 60-65 mph, maybe some gusts up to 70 mph. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Hail size was estimated from divots in the ground. |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EFU) | Kanorado | - | A long-track supercell produced a EF-U tornado southeast of Kanorado. Only damage observed was some swirl marks in the plants and grass found at an abandoned property. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Dime to nickel sized hail observed with occasional quarter sized hailstones. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Pea to penny sized hail observed. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Nickel sized hail fell for a duration of twenty minutes at the location. |
| July 2021 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Report received of sporadic pea to quarter sized hail that lasted about an hour at location. Pictures of nickel sized hailstone as well a measured 1 inch hailstone also received at location via social media. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Kanorado | - | A member of the public shared a photo with NWS Goodland on social media which showed a hailstone next to a quarter coin to estimate the size. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Nickel sized hail reported at location. |
| June 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Kanorado | - | Saw brief tornado approximately 5 miles south of Kanorado, KS. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Pea to nickel size hail in Kanorado. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 MPH were reported. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | An unknown number of power lines have been blown down resulting in power outages. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Large amounts of hail up to the size of golf balls fell for around 10 minutes. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Hail covered the ground after storm had passed. Estimated time of report from radar. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Hail report was relayed via social media. Time of report estimated from Doppler radar. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | An estimated wind gust of 65 MPH was reported at Kanorado. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Hail ranged from 1.25 to 1.75 inches. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kanorado | - | This report was relayed by the NSSL SHAVE project. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | Large tree limb 6-inch diameter by 20 ft long blown down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | Numerous 3-inch diameter branches down...large dead tree blown over. |
| September 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | Four-inch tree limb down. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Kanorado | - | Tornado associated with a supercell thunderstorm touched down over open country with no damage reported. Parent thunderstorm was moving southwest at 5 mph. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | Six-inch diameter tree limbs down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | The strong winds blew down 6 to 7 inch diameter tree limbs. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kanorado | - | Spotter estimated gust to near 60 mph. Visibility was near zero in blowing dust. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Kanorado | - | Hail entered Sherman County nine miles north of Kanorado, traveled southeast and intersected Interstate 70 about two miles east of Ruleton. Wheat crop was heavily damaged in a 15 mile long, two mile wide strip. Total crop damage estimated at $662,000. |
| June 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Kanorado | - | Weather service employee observed brief tornado over open country. |
| June 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Kanorado | - | Weather service employee observed brief tornado over open country. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Kanorado | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Hail | Kanorado | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Kanorado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2466527 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 471238. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.




