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Selkirk, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Leoti Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67861. The Survey maps it on the Selkirk quadrangle.

Selkirk within Wichita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

46 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Selkirk in 46 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 36 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSelkirk$15,000An open ended shed was destroyed and thrown NNE. A damage survey by the emergency manager, and Doppler radar, indicated the damage was the result of a thunderstorm downburst.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindSelkirk$10,000Straight-line winds knocked a grain bin trailer onto another farm vehicle and also ripped off portions of a metal barn wall.
May 1993HailSelkirk$5,000Hail driven by wind damaged windows, vehicles, and wheat.
July 2023HailSelkirk-The hail ranged from pea to nickel in size and occurred with estimated 60 MPH wind gusts.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindSelkirk-Thunderstorm winds had produced a wall of dust roughly seven miles south-southeast of Selkirk. Nickel size hail also accompanied the wind gusts.
May 2021HailSelkirk-Report received of pea to nickel sized hail at location that lasted for about 15 to 20 minutes.
August 2021HailSelkirk-Report received of pea to half dollar sized hail at location. Time is radar-estimated.
August 2021HailSelkirk-Report received of hail up to golf ball in size at location.
May 2019HailSelkirk-Pea to quarter sized, lasted just under 10 minutes.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Selkirk-A landspout was reported two miles northwest of Selkirk southeast of the CR N and CR 26 intersection. Based on the rotation on radar the landspout moved west-northwest during its lifetime. No damage was reported with this landspout since it was over open country.
May 2015HailSelkirk-Relayed through Spotter Network.
July 2011HailSelkirk-The spotter also reported wind gusts estimated at around 50 mph.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Selkirk-Tornado remained over open fields.
August 2007HailSelkirk-Hail covered the ground.
August 2005HailSelkirk-Nickel to quarter size hail.
April 1999HailSelkirk-Hail completely covered ground.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindSelkirk-Thunderstorm winds brought down one inch diameter tree limbs.
August 1993Tornado (F0)Selkirk-A tornado was nearly stationary while picking up small dirt debris about 0.25 mile from spotter.
June 2013HailSelkirk-no account filed
April 2009HailSelkirk-no account filed
July 2009HailSelkirk-no account filed
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSelkirk-no account filed
August 2006HailSelkirk-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindSelkirk-no account filed
July 2004HailSelkirk-no account filed
May 2004HailSelkirk-no account filed
May 2004HailSelkirk-no account filed
May 2003HailSelkirk-no account filed
June 2003HailSelkirk-no account filed
June 2003HailSelkirk-no account filed
August 2002HailSelkirk-no account filed
April 2001HailSelkirk-no account filed
April 2001HailSelkirk-no account filed
July 1999HailSelkirk-no account filed
July 1999HailSelkirk-no account filed
May 1998HailSelkirk-no account filed
May 1996HailSelkirk-no account filed
May 1996HailSelkirk-no account filed
June 1996HailSelkirk-no account filed
July 1996HailSelkirk-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindSelkirk-no account filed
June 1995HailSelkirk-no account filed
June 1994HailSelkirk-no account filed
June 1994HailSelkirk-no account filed
June 1994HailSelkirk-no account filed
May 1993HailSelkirk-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wichita 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
Leoti9.8 miles9
Coronado12.7 miles9
Marienthal17.5 miles10
Lydia19.0 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 SelkirkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18378160The 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 471496. 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.