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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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Kanorado within Sherman County

Population over time

2 figures

Kanorado 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.

YearPeople Change
2010153
20201530 (0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sherman County

Storms near this place

60 of 85 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKanorado1 hurtDispatch 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 2018Thunderstorm WindKanorado$70,000Two irrigation pivots were flipped on their side on the south side of I-70 near mile marker 5.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindKanorado$70,000Damage to grain elevator, trees down, power poles down, roof damage to store and abandoned school.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindKanorado$5,000A semi and trailer was blown on its side about one and a half miles east of Kanorado.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindKanorado$5,000Garage damaged, shed destroyed.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindKanorado$1,000A power pole was reported down from thunderstorm wind.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindKanorado$1,000Winds snapped a 6-inch diameter tree trunk.
June 2025Tornado (EFU)Kanorado-Brief landspout tornado reported at this location. No damage occurred.
June 2024HailKanorado-Pea to quarter sized hail reported.
June 2024HailKanorado-Pea to quarter sized hail was reported on I-70.
June 2024HailKanorado-Nickel to quarter sized hail reported.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindKanorado-A trained spotter in the town of Kanorado reported less than one quarter mile visibility in dust along with the winds.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindKanorado-Estimated wind gusts at 60-65 mph, maybe some gusts up to 70 mph.
August 2023HailKanorado-Hail size was estimated from divots in the ground.
August 2023Tornado (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 2022HailKanorado-Dime to nickel sized hail observed with occasional quarter sized hailstones.
June 2022HailKanorado-Pea to penny sized hail observed.
June 2022HailKanorado-Nickel sized hail fell for a duration of twenty minutes at the location.
July 2021HailKanorado-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 2020HailKanorado-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 2020HailKanorado-Nickel sized hail reported at location.
June 2019Tornado (EFU)Kanorado-Saw brief tornado approximately 5 miles south of Kanorado, KS.
May 2019HailKanorado-Pea to nickel size hail in Kanorado.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindKanorado-Estimated wind gusts of 60 MPH were reported.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindKanorado-An unknown number of power lines have been blown down resulting in power outages.
June 2016HailKanorado-Large amounts of hail up to the size of golf balls fell for around 10 minutes.
May 2015HailKanorado-Hail covered the ground after storm had passed. Estimated time of report from radar.
July 2014HailKanorado-Hail report was relayed via social media. Time of report estimated from Doppler radar.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindKanorado-An estimated wind gust of 65 MPH was reported at Kanorado.
May 2013HailKanorado-Hail ranged from 1.25 to 1.75 inches.
June 2008HailKanorado-This report was relayed by the NSSL SHAVE project.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindKanorado-Large tree limb 6-inch diameter by 20 ft long blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindKanorado-Numerous 3-inch diameter branches down...large dead tree blown over.
September 2004Thunderstorm WindKanorado-Four-inch tree limb down.
June 2003Tornado (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 2003Thunderstorm WindKanorado-Six-inch diameter tree limbs down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindKanorado-The strong winds blew down 6 to 7 inch diameter tree limbs.
October 1997Thunderstorm WindKanorado-Spotter estimated gust to near 60 mph. Visibility was near zero in blowing dust.
May 1994HailKanorado-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 1994Tornado (F0)Kanorado-Weather service employee observed brief tornado over open country.
June 1994Tornado (F0)Kanorado-Weather service employee observed brief tornado over open country.
June 2018HailKanorado-no account filed
May 2017HailKanorado-no account filed
May 2016HailKanorado-no account filed
May 2015HailKanorado-no account filed
June 2014HailKanorado-no account filed
June 2014HailKanorado-no account filed
May 2013HailKanorado-no account filed
May 2013HailKanorado-no account filed
May 2013HailKanorado-no account filed
May 2013HailKanorado-no account filed
October 2013HailKanorado-no account filed
May 2011HailKanorado-no account filed
June 2011HailKanorado-no account filed
July 2009HailKanorado-no account filed
August 2009HailKanorado-no account filed
June 2008HailKanorado-no account filed
June 2008HailKanorado-no account filed
August 2007HailKanorado-no account filed
August 2007HailKanorado-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sherman 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
Ruleton7.9 miles8
Caruso11.8 miles8
Goodland17.4 miles9
Edson26.4 miles8

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 KanoradoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2466527The 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.