Narka, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Albion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66960. The Survey maps it on the Narka quadrangle. 81 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,585 feet above sea level.
On record in Narka
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Cossaart Barnlisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresNarka fell from 94 to 81 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 | 94 | |
| 2020 | 81 | -13 (-14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Washington quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Narka quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Concordia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Narka between 2006 and 2018, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1800003 |
| 18 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Republic County | 1700005 |
| 15 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nebraska Forest Service | not named |
| 18 February 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1800002 |
| 11 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1500005 |
| 19 January 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500002 |
Storms near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Narka in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 9 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Narka | $45,000 | A tornado formed southwest of Narka and moved northeast doing some damage to the community of Narka before crossing into Nebraska. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Narka | $6,000 | Strong winds blew the roof off of a barn and damaged several outbuildings at 2 farms. |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Narka | $5,000 | Large tree limbs were blown in this area by strong thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Narka | - | Damage survey noted damage to main grain elevator in town with a sporadic damage path noted to the southeast to trees limbs with lack of access further southeast unable to determine how much further southeast path occurred. Area primarily fallow field or newly planted corn so few DI to see from ground around end point. |
| October 2018 | Hail | Narka | - | Hail up to the size of quarters reported. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Narka | - | Estimated wind gust report. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Narka | - | Golf ball sized hail covering the ground. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Narka | - | EM provided information of tree limbs down southwest of Narka and radar corroborated spotter reports of a brief tornado southwest of Narka. No other damage was reported so this tornado was likely a brief touchdown. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Narka | - | Nickel size hail. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Narka | - | At least one tree was blown down. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Narka | - | A tornado touched down east of Narka and traveled a short distance before dissipating. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Narka | - | Strong thunderstorm winds blew down 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Narka | - | A tornado touched down near Narka and traveled 1 mile before dissipating. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Narka | - | A tornado touched down briefly in open country. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Narka | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Narka | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Narka | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Hail | Narka | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Narka | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Narka | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Narka | - | 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 Narka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2901303 | 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 472612. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.





