BlockShallow Water, Kansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67871. The Survey maps it on the Shallow Water quadrangle. 89 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,953 feet above sea level.
On record in Shallow Water
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
Shallow Water Schoollisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1940 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Shallow Water quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
60 of 86 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shallow Water in 86 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 53 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | 1 killed, 1 hurt | A severe thunderstorm passing to the north brought high wind on the south side. A 61 year old male was killed when his modular home was overturned and destroyed by the high wind. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Shallow Water | $210,000 | This wedge tornado was witnessed by storm chasers and spotters and damaged several barns, sheds and 2 pivot irrigation sprinklers. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | $15,000 | Several power poles were broken, trees were toppled over, barn doors were blown off and a grain bin was collapsed by the high wind. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | A mesonet site reported a 62 mph wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | Measured by a mesonet station. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | One inch diameter hail was reported by the public. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were measured by mesonet stations. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | Wind gusts to 60 MPH were reported. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | Most of the hail was smaller than quarter sized. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Shallow Water | - | This tornado initially developed in northern Kearny County at 19:10 CST before moving into Wichita County and finally in Scott County as it was weakening and moving east. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Shallow Water | - | A pivot irrigation sprinkler was damaged by the tornado. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Shallow Water | - | This was one of four landspout tornadoes that occurred concurrently. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Shallow Water | - | This was one of four landspout tornadoes that were occurring concurrently. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Shallow Water | - | This tornado appeared to be relatively weak and short lived. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | A cattle truck was blown into the ditch. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | The hail varied in size from pea to ping pong ball. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | The off duty employee estimated the wind gusts to 65 mph. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | This was from a Ham radio station. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | This report was from a Ham radio weather station. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | This wind gust was measured at a ham radio station site. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Shallow Water | - | This tornado quickly became a rain wrapped wedge but again there was very little for it to damage in the sparsely populated area. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | A semi was blown off highway 83 1 mile south of the Scott/Finney county line. Torrential rainfall was also reported. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | One semi was blown over on highway 83. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | The hail lasted 20 minutes. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | The resident estimated the winds were 60 mph. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | The hail completely covered the ground. |
| April 2001 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | Also had 50 mph wind with the hail. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | Three inch tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | Irrigation sprinkler destroyed. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| June 2020 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| July 2014 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Shallow Water | - | 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 Shallow Water | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4412892 | 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 471510. 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.