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Medway, Kansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Medway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67878. It stands on East Bridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Bridge Creek South quadrangle.

Medway within Hamilton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

55 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medway in 55 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 42 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 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
August 2025Tornado (EFU)Medway-Storm chaser video showed a brief tornado last for a couple minutes. No damage was found.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMedway-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2016Tornado (EF1)Medway-This tornado that was well documented by a storm chaser, was visibly much stronger than the damage that was done. A couple of irrigation sprinklers were damaged but had the tornado encountered trees or buildings, it appears the damage could had been at least EF3. The tornado initially moved south/southwest, then curved south and finally southeast and east before dissipating. For July this was a significant tornado and supercell thunderstorm.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Medway-There was brief contact from this developing tornado.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Medway-This was an apparently weak tornado but it occurred in an area with nothing to damage.
June 2014HailMedway-There was unspecified damage to the wheat at this location.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMedway-Seven power poles were blown down by the high wind.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMedway-Four power poles were blown down by the high wind.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMedway-Trees were uprooted and windows were blown out of a house.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMedway-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
August 2013Heavy RainMedway-Rainfall of 2.90 inches was reported.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMedway-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2011HailMedway-There was unspecified damage to vehicles at this location.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMedway-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2009HailMedway-The hail was brief in duration.
April 2024HailMedway-no account filed
April 2024HailMedway-no account filed
April 2024HailMedway-no account filed
June 2023HailMedway-no account filed
July 2023HailMedway-no account filed
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMedway-no account filed
June 2021HailMedway-no account filed
April 2019HailMedway-no account filed
May 2019HailMedway-no account filed
September 2019HailMedway-no account filed
August 2019HailMedway-no account filed
June 2018HailMedway-no account filed
July 2016HailMedway-no account filed
May 2015HailMedway-no account filed
April 2015HailMedway-no account filed
April 2015HailMedway-no account filed
April 2015HailMedway-no account filed
June 2014HailMedway-no account filed
June 2014HailMedway-no account filed
June 2014HailMedway-no account filed
June 2014HailMedway-no account filed
July 2014HailMedway-no account filed
August 2013HailMedway-no account filed
March 2013HailMedway-no account filed
March 2013HailMedway-no account filed
July 2013HailMedway-no account filed
April 2012HailMedway-no account filed
June 2011HailMedway-no account filed
May 2010HailMedway-no account filed
April 2009HailMedway-no account filed
April 2009HailMedway-no account filed
June 2008HailMedway-no account filed
June 2008HailMedway-no account filed
June 2008HailMedway-no account filed
April 2007HailMedway-no account filed
March 2007HailMedway-no account filed
March 2007HailMedway-no account filed
March 2007HailMedway-no account filed
March 2007HailMedway-no account filed
March 2007HailMedway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Coolidge7.0 miles17
Syracuse7.2 miles14
Mayline12.3 miles14
Kendall18.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 485267. 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.