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Kingsdown, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sodville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67842. The Survey maps it on the Kingsdown quadrangle.

Kingsdown within Ford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingsdown in 56 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 34 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. 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
April 2001Tornado (F2)Kingsdown$425,000Eight pivot sprinklers were destroyed along with a barn and silo.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindKingsdown$8,000One half mile of power poles blown down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindKingsdown$5,000Pivot irrigation system overturned.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-Twenty-five freight cars were derailed on highway 54 east of Kingsdown.
May 2024HailKingsdown-Skylights were broken. Window panes were broken and window frames dented.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-Strong winds.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-Winds were estimated to be 50 to 60 MPH.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-Shed was damaged with debris scattered around 3/4 of a mile. It was an apparent rear flank downdraft that caused the damage.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-Ten power poles were broken by high wind.
May 2017Funnel CloudKingsdown-A funnel cloud was halfway to the ground.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-Winds were estimated to be greater than 60 MPH.
August 2013Flash FloodKingsdown-Water was running over the road near the intersection of road 125 and Wirlwind road.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-Power poles were snapped and guttering was blown off the house.
August 2013Heavy RainKingsdown-Rainfall of 4.80 inches was reported.
April 2012HailKingsdown-The hail was mainly pea to penny size but with bigger stones and it covered the ground to 1 inch in depth.
April 2012HailKingsdown-Windows were knocked out by the hail.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-An antenna was ripped from the from the wind.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-A semi truck was blown off highway 54
May 2002Tornado (F0)Kingsdown-This tornado did not hit anything to receive a rating other than zero.
May 1997Flash FloodKingsdown-Water over highway 94.
July 1995HailKingsdown-Thunderstorm wind of near 100 mph caused extensive damage to fences. Once filling station canopy was downed and it landed on two occupied vehicles but there were no injuries. One roof was taken off a house with debris scattered several hundred yards. A large storage shed was heavily damaged with two motor homes inside receiving extensive damage. Debris was carried one-quarter of a mile.
July 1995HailKingsdown-Thunderstorm wind of near 100 mph caused extensive damage to fences. Once filling station canopy was downed and it landed on two occupied vehicles but there were no injuries. One roof was taken off a house with debris scattered several hundred yards. A large storage shed was heavily damaged with two motor homes inside receiving extensive damage. Debris was carried one-quarter of a mile.
July 1995HailKingsdown-Thunderstorm wind of near 100 mph caused extensive damage to fences. Once filling station canopy was downed and it landed on two occupied vehicles but there were no injuries. One roof was taken off a house with debris scattered several hundred yards. A large storage shed was heavily damaged with two motor homes inside receiving extensive damage. Debris was carried one-quarter of a mile.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-no account filed
May 2022HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2018HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2018HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2017HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2016HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2015HailKingsdown-no account filed
June 2015HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2013HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2013HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2013HailKingsdown-no account filed
August 2012HailKingsdown-no account filed
September 2010HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2010HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2008HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2007HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2007HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2007HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 2007HailKingsdown-no account filed
April 2006HailKingsdown-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-no account filed
May 1998HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 1998HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 1998HailKingsdown-no account filed
June 1998HailKingsdown-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindKingsdown-no account filed
May 1997HailKingsdown-no account filed
June 1996HailKingsdown-no account filed
June 1996HailKingsdown-no account filed
March 1995HailKingsdown-no account filed
May 1994HailKingsdown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ford 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
Bucklin6.8 miles13
Ford7.7 miles14
Bloom7.8 miles11
Wilroads14.1 miles14
Wilroads Gardens16.6 miles14
Fort Dodge17.1 miles14
Windhorst19.0 miles13
Wright19.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 474247. 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.