BlockMenlo, Kansas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Menlo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67753. The Survey maps it on the Menlo quadrangle. 33 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,953 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMenlo fell from 61 to 33 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 | 61 | |
| 2020 | 33 | -28 (-46%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Goodland quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Menlo quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Oakley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
19 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Menlo in 19 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 14 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Hail | Menlo | $5,000 | A house in town had the siding severely damaged from the hail. The exact size of the hail is unknown. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | $2,000 | Estimated wind gusts of 60-70 MPH and marble sized hail smashed window coverings. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | - | Estimated 60 to 70 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Menlo | - | Numerous golf ball to tennis ball sized hail stones occurred. |
| July 2024 | Hail | Menlo | - | The sheriff reported hail up to baseball sized occurring. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | - | Several 8 inch tree limbs blown down. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Menlo | - | Pea to quarter size hail fell over the location. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Menlo | - | Hail ranged from nickel to ping pong ball in size. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | - | Law enforcement reported an estimated 60-70 mph wind gust with pea sized hail. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Menlo | - | A few quarter and half dollar sized hailstones fell, but most of the hail was dime to nickel size. The hail is still falling. No rain is occurring with the hail. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Menlo | - | Spotter estimated peak wind gusts to 70 mph. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Menlo | - | Spotter also reported that heavy rain was accompanying the hail. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Menlo | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Menlo | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Menlo | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Menlo | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Menlo | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Menlo | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Menlo | - | 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 Menlo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2328934 | 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 471265. 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.