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Ogallah, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Ogallah Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67656. The Survey maps it on the Ogallah quadrangle. 28 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,352 feet above sea level.

Ogallah within Trego County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ogallah between 2017 and 2018, burning about 17 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/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 April 2018Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresKansas Forest Service018-020
9 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service018-011
18 February 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTrego County017-013

Every fire recorded in Trego County

Storms near this place

51 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ogallah in 51 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 30 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2005Tornado (F1)Ogallah$3,000,000Three semi-trucks were rolled when the tornado crossed Interstate 70 east of Ogallah. One U.S. mail truck rolled twice.
May 2025HailOgallah-A storm chaser reported 1 inch hail.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOgallah-Strong winds.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindOgallah-Wind gusts were estimated between 65 and 70 mph.
May 2018Heavy RainOgallah-Rainfall of 2.90 inches was observed.
August 2017Heavy RainOgallah-Rainfall was 2.55 inches of which most fell in an hour.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindOgallah-Winds were estimated at around 60 MPH.
September 2016Heavy RainOgallah-Rainfall of 5.50 inches was observed.
November 2015Tornado (EF0)Ogallah-This tornado occurred over grassland.
June 2014HailOgallah-The milo crop was destroyed by the hail. No dollar amount was given as it was unknown at the time.
August 2008Heavy RainOgallah-Rainfall of 4.00 fell in a short period of time.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Ogallah-This was a landspout that was reported by various sources, including law enforcement that was on I-70 watching the tornado.
August 2008HailOgallah-Four inches of rain and 50 mph winds accompanied the marginally severe hail.
September 2006Heavy RainOgallah-4.60" of rain fell overnight.
September 2006Heavy RainOgallah-5.00" of rain fell overnight.
September 2006Heavy RainOgallah-6.60" of rain fell overnight.
April 2005HailOgallah-The hail reduced visibility down to near zero!
April 2005Tornado (F0)Ogallah-There was nothing to hit.
April 2005Tornado (F0)Ogallah-This tornado grew quite large but did not high anything...it appeared to be very strong.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Ogallah-Trees, outbuildings and one home received damage. Also a farm implement was overturned.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindOgallah-Several large tree branches were blown down
June 2024Thunderstorm WindOgallah-no account filed
May 2024HailOgallah-no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOgallah-no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindOgallah-no account filed
May 2019HailOgallah-no account filed
August 2019HailOgallah-no account filed
May 2017HailOgallah-no account filed
May 2017HailOgallah-no account filed
June 2017HailOgallah-no account filed
May 2016HailOgallah-no account filed
June 2014HailOgallah-no account filed
May 2013HailOgallah-no account filed
May 2012HailOgallah-no account filed
June 2010HailOgallah-no account filed
August 2009HailOgallah-no account filed
June 2008HailOgallah-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindOgallah-no account filed
September 2005HailOgallah-no account filed
May 2004HailOgallah-no account filed
May 2004HailOgallah-no account filed
June 2004HailOgallah-no account filed
June 2003HailOgallah-no account filed
June 2003HailOgallah-no account filed
August 2002HailOgallah-no account filed
July 2001HailOgallah-no account filed
July 1999HailOgallah-no account filed
June 1997HailOgallah-no account filed
May 1996HailOgallah-no account filed
July 1995HailOgallah-no account filed
June 1995HailOgallah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trego 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
Riga5.2 miles14
WaKeeney8.1 miles13
Trego Center11.2 miles13
Voda15.8 miles8
Fort Downer16.7 miles13
Collyer20.7 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 OgallahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7079798The 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 475168. 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.