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Park, Kansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Payne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67751. The Survey maps it on the Park quadrangle. 112 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,749 feet above sea level.

Park within Gove County

Population over time

2 figures

Park fell from 126 to 112 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.

YearPeople Change
2010126
2020112-14 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Park: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Kleaver Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Storms near this place

50 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Park in 50 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 34 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
September 2001HailPark$480,000Large hail and wind damaged buildings in and around Park. Windows were broken, crops were destroyed, and hail was 4 to 6 inches deep in places. Hail completely covered Interstate 70 until snow plows cleared the highway.
May 2008HailPark$150,000About a dozen reports of large, damaging hail were received from the NSSL SHAVE project. Windows were broken, and some roof damage occurred. Hail was embedded 1-2 inches into the ground in some locations. The hail occurred with a supercell thunderstorms tracking north through the area.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindPark$100,000Kansas Highway Patrol reported three semi trucks rolled over due to thunderstorm wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph. The semi trucks were blown over between mile markers 99 and 104 on I-70.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindPark$59,000A semi pulling a loaded trailer and a truck pulling a camper were blown over at mile marker 99 near the Park exit. The driver of the semi received injuries from the accident.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindPark$39,600Seven towers of irrigation system blown over by strong thunderstorm winds. Center pivot still standing.
May 2016HailPark$4,000The hail broke windows in the house.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindPark$1,000Caller reported a full grown evergreen tree was uprooted as a strong supercell moved over the location.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPark$1,000A power pole broke at the ground as a result of thunderstorm winds.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindPark-Visibility down to 50 ft. reported at MM98 and 99 on I-70 due to blowing dust from thunderstorm winds.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPark-Reported via Weather Underground mesonet site KKSPARK1.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPark-Measured at a personal weather station.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindPark-Mesonet station KKSPARK1 reported a 62 mph wind gust at the location.
August 2019Flash FloodPark-Roads and adjacent fields were described as beginning to flood in an area generally between Quinter and southeast of Grainfield due to heavy rain.
May 2018HailPark-Reported at MM 103 on I-70.
May 2016HailPark-Lightning also started a grass fire in a nearby tree row.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPark-Estimated wind speeds of 60-70 MPH occurred between Park and Quinter.
August 2014Flash FloodPark-One foot of water was reported flowing across Road 58, south of road Y. Doppler radar estimated 3.5 inches of rain fell in this area.
May 2008HailPark-Hail report relayed via the National Spotter Network stating hail was covering Interstate 70 near Park.
May 2008HailPark-Hail report relayed via the National Spotter Network.
June 2008HailPark-Quarter size hail covered the ground.
May 2008HailPark-This report relayed via the NSSL Shave project.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindPark-Four-inch tree branch down. Report relayed via NSSL SHAVE project.
June 2007HailPark-Quarter to half dollar sized hail. Also, 1.10 inches of rain in the last 30 minutes.
June 2007HailPark-This report was relayed via the NSSL SHAVE project.
May 2007HailPark-Mile marker 102 on Interstate 70 about 3 SE Park.
May 2007HailPark-Hail occurred with estimated 50 mph wind.
April 2001Funnel CloudPark-Funnel reported by public.
May 2023HailPark-no account filed
July 2021HailPark-no account filed
May 2019HailPark-no account filed
May 2018HailPark-no account filed
June 2017HailPark-no account filed
June 2017HailPark-no account filed
October 2017HailPark-no account filed
May 2016HailPark-no account filed
May 2016HailPark-no account filed
May 2008HailPark-no account filed
May 2008HailPark-no account filed
May 2008HailPark-no account filed
May 2008HailPark-no account filed
May 2008HailPark-no account filed
May 2008HailPark-no account filed
June 2008HailPark-no account filed
May 2008HailPark-no account filed
May 2007HailPark-no account filed
May 2007HailPark-no account filed
June 2006HailPark-no account filed
June 2005HailPark-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindPark-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindPark-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gove 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
Grainfield5.6 miles7
Quinter7.3 miles7
Gove12.7 miles8
Grinnell14.4 miles7
Alanthus30.2 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 ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2901291The 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 471348. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.