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Modoc, Kansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Isbel Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67863. The Survey maps it on the Modoc quadrangle.

Modoc within Scott County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Storms near this place

60 of 61 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Modoc in 61 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 38 hail, 11 tornado, 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
October 2017Tornado (EF1)Modoc$150,000Damage was done to irrigation sprinklers, power poles and trees. It was also well documented by video.
May 2025Tornado (EF2)Modoc-Tornado began just south of State Highway 96, southwest of Modoc. The tornado traveled northeast and immediately snapped power poles along the highway. As it continued northeastward, some train cars were toppled just west of town. To the north end of Modoc, a mobile home had its roof ripped off. As the tornado continued tracking northeastward in open fields, it continued producing sporadic damage to power lines, a home, and pivot irrigation systems. The tornado dissipated just north of W Road 200.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindModoc-Measured 66 mph wind gust 6 miles WNW of Friend, KS.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindModoc-Power poles were blown down by the high wind.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindModoc-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindModoc-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
October 2017Tornado (EF0)Modoc-Only minor evidence of light damage but the tornado was well documented.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Modoc-A storm chaser with a television station reported the first tornado of the day. This tornado appeared to be a landspout but it was difficult to tell based on the distance from the chaser.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Modoc-This tornado appeared capable of producing at least EF1-EF2 damage. But it never hit anything.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Modoc-This landspout tornado was one of 4 observed at the same time and moved out of Wichita county.
April 2015Tornado (EF0)Modoc-This was one of four landspout tornadoes that occurred concurrently.
October 2011Tornado (EF0)Modoc-This tornado became wrapped in rain but did not strike anything to damage.
July 2010FloodModoc-There was an estimated 2 feet of water across Falcon road as White Woman creek overflowed it's banks.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Modoc-This was a second landspout that developed in the area.
June 2010Tornado (EF0)Modoc-This tornado appeared to be rain wrapped from the vantage point of the law enforcement agency.
July 2010Heavy RainModoc-Rainfall of 3 inches was measured.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindModoc-Winds were estimated to be 60 mph.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindModoc-Winds were estimated to be 60 mph.
May 2008HailModoc-Dime and nickel sized hail covered the ground.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindModoc-Ten power poles were sheared off.
June 1999HailModoc-Broke windows out of a patrol car.
June 1999Tornado (F0)Modoc-Reported by law enforcement.
May 1998HailModoc-Hail completely covered the ground.
July 2023HailModoc-no account filed
July 2023HailModoc-no account filed
May 2021HailModoc-no account filed
May 2021HailModoc-no account filed
July 2020HailModoc-no account filed
June 2018HailModoc-no account filed
June 2017HailModoc-no account filed
June 2017HailModoc-no account filed
June 2017HailModoc-no account filed
May 2016HailModoc-no account filed
June 2015HailModoc-no account filed
November 2015HailModoc-no account filed
June 2014HailModoc-no account filed
June 2014HailModoc-no account filed
May 2013HailModoc-no account filed
May 2013HailModoc-no account filed
May 2012HailModoc-no account filed
June 2010HailModoc-no account filed
June 2010HailModoc-no account filed
June 2008HailModoc-no account filed
May 2008HailModoc-no account filed
May 2008HailModoc-no account filed
May 2008HailModoc-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindModoc-no account filed
June 2003HailModoc-no account filed
June 2003HailModoc-no account filed
June 2003HailModoc-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindModoc-no account filed
July 1999HailModoc-no account filed
May 1999HailModoc-no account filed
June 1998HailModoc-no account filed
June 1998HailModoc-no account filed
May 1998HailModoc-no account filed
May 1998HailModoc-no account filed
June 1997HailModoc-no account filed
July 1997HailModoc-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindModoc-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Scott 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
Scott City9.3 miles10
Hutchins9.4 miles10
Pence11.7 miles12
Shallow Water11.9 miles10
Chevron15.1 miles10
Grigston19.3 miles8
Manning19.6 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 ModocAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6889543The 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 471504. 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.