Penokee, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Millbrook Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67642. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Penokee quadrangle. It stands 2,224 feet above sea level.
On record in Penokee
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
Harry Keith Barnlisted 2013
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 Hill quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1893 USGS Hill City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Beloit quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Penokee quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Penokee in 2015, burning about 1,016 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 | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 765 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 015-004 |
| 6 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 015-003 |
| 18 October 2015 | Other causes | 251 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 015-018 |
Storms near this place
41 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Penokee in 41 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 22 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flood | Penokee | $5,000 | Dispatch reported the Brush Creek is out of its banks and flooding areas along county road M, as well as areas that intersect the creek on county roads 210 through 240. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Penokee | $5,000 | Flooding of road and property just east of Penokee. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | $5,000 | A quarter to half the shingles were peeled off the roof by the wind. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | $3,000 | Chicken houses flattened and power lines down in the northwest part of the county. Time of event estimated fro Doppler radar. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Penokee | $1,000 | Dispatch reported the area around county roads L and 200 were washed out due to heavy rain. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | $1,000 | Large tree branches estimated at four inches in diameter were snapped off trees on the property as a thunderstorm moved over the town of Penokee, Kansas. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | $1,000 | Large tree branches estimated to be up to 6 inches in diameter were snapped off a healthy tree as a storm moved over the town of Penokee, Kansas. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Penokee | $1,000 | Hail broke windows on the west side of the house. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | Mesonet station Keith Spraying measured a 59 mph wind gust. |
| June 2016 | Hail | Penokee | - | Hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter fell for about 15 minutes. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Penokee | - | Time of report estimated from Doppler radar. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Penokee | - | Heavy rain accompanied pea sized hail before the size of hail increased to the size of quarters. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | Spotter estimated 75 to 80 mph winds. |
| October 2013 | Hail | Penokee | - | The spotter also reported hail covering the ground. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Penokee | - | Spotter reported that the ground was white with hail. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | The Coop observer estimated peak wind gusts to be 60 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | The spotter reported peak winds estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | Several tree branches were broke and small trees bent over. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | Power lines down on highway 24. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | Several 1-inch tree limbs down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | Four-inch tree limbs down. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Penokee | - | Hail accompanied by 40 to 45 mph wind. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Penokee | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Penokee | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morland | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hill City | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Smithfield | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Peter | 12.7 miles | 7 | |
| Togo | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Roscoe | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bogue | 15.1 miles | 13 | |
| Nicodemus | 19.1 miles | 13 |
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 Penokee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7164529 | 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 472354. 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.





