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Tennis, Kansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Terry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67846. The Survey maps it on the Tennis quadrangle. It stands 2,894 feet above sea level.

Tennis within Finney County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

9 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Tennis between 2015 and 2020, burning about 2 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/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
3 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service457
24 June 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service359
23 June 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service355
24 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFinney County360
9 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service145
29 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
15 December 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service830
31 January 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFinney County68

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Finney County

Storms near this place

60 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tennis in 65 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 42 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. The reports record 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2008Thunderstorm WindTennis1 hurtStrong winds blew over a semi-tractor truck on Highway 83. The driver had minor injuries and was released at the scene.
April 2010Tornado (EF1)Tennis$800This tornado witnessed by storm chasers and storm spotters grew to about 1/2 mile wide but due to a sparsely populated and vegetated area there was only minor damage.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTennis-Several power poles down at this location.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTennis-Picture of flipped center pivot at this location on Gano road, about a mile east of highway 83 where power poles were down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTennis-A home lost some shingles and some flying debris struck a propane tank causing a gas leak.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindTennis-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindTennis-There was widespread crop damage from the high wind.
July 2019Heavy RainTennis-Rainfall of 1.86 inches was observed.
July 2018Heavy RainTennis-Rainfall of 2.91 inches was observed.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTennis-Winds were estimated to be between 60 and 70 MPH.
July 2013HailTennis-The hail stone in this report was 3 inches by 1.25 inches and was found 45 minutes after the storm ended.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTennis-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTennis-A semi truck was overturned on highway 83.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindTennis-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTennis-A wind gust to 60 mph was estimated.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindTennis-Two semi trucks with trailers were blown over on highway 83.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindTennis-The wind gust was measured by a Davis Instrument.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindTennis-Nickel sized hail was also reported with this wind.
July 2009HailTennis-There was also a 60 mph wind gust estimated when the hail was falling.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindTennis-Large tree branches blown down on a farmstead at Tennis, 15 N Garden City.
April 2022HailTennis-no account filed
July 2020HailTennis-no account filed
May 2017HailTennis-no account filed
May 2017HailTennis-no account filed
May 2016HailTennis-no account filed
June 2016HailTennis-no account filed
June 2014HailTennis-no account filed
June 2014HailTennis-no account filed
June 2014HailTennis-no account filed
July 2013HailTennis-no account filed
July 2013HailTennis-no account filed
May 2012HailTennis-no account filed
June 2011HailTennis-no account filed
June 2011HailTennis-no account filed
June 2011HailTennis-no account filed
June 2011HailTennis-no account filed
June 2011HailTennis-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTennis-no account filed
October 2011HailTennis-no account filed
October 2011HailTennis-no account filed
April 2010HailTennis-no account filed
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTennis-no account filed
May 2010HailTennis-no account filed
June 2009HailTennis-no account filed
August 2009HailTennis-no account filed
April 2009HailTennis-no account filed
July 2009HailTennis-no account filed
September 2009HailTennis-no account filed
April 2008HailTennis-no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindTennis-no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindTennis-no account filed
June 2008HailTennis-no account filed
July 2008HailTennis-no account filed
June 2008HailTennis-no account filed
June 2008HailTennis-no account filed
May 2008HailTennis-no account filed
May 2008HailTennis-no account filed
May 2008HailTennis-no account filed
May 2008HailTennis-no account filed
October 2008HailTennis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Finney 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
Gano2.0 miles10
Friend6.7 miles10
Lowe10.0 miles10
Rodkey10.3 miles10
Ritchal11.0 miles8
Quinby12.1 miles14
Peterson12.2 miles8
Holcomb12.9 miles14

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 TennisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7700294The 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 484565. 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.