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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1944 USGS Tennis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Tennis quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Scott City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2015Regional 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 457 |
| 24 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 359 |
| 23 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 355 |
| 24 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Finney County | 360 |
| 9 March 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 145 |
| 29 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 15 December 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 830 |
| 31 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Finney County | 68 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
60 of 65 shownRegional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | 1 hurt | Strong winds blew over a semi-tractor truck on Highway 83. The driver had minor injuries and was released at the scene. |
| April 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Tennis | $800 | This 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | Several power poles down at this location. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | Picture of flipped center pivot at this location on Gano road, about a mile east of highway 83 where power poles were down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | A home lost some shingles and some flying debris struck a propane tank causing a gas leak. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | There was widespread crop damage from the high wind. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Tennis | - | Rainfall of 1.86 inches was observed. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Tennis | - | Rainfall of 2.91 inches was observed. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | Winds were estimated to be between 60 and 70 MPH. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Tennis | - | The hail stone in this report was 3 inches by 1.25 inches and was found 45 minutes after the storm ended. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | A semi truck was overturned on highway 83. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | A wind gust to 60 mph was estimated. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | Two semi trucks with trailers were blown over on highway 83. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | The wind gust was measured by a Davis Instrument. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | Nickel sized hail was also reported with this wind. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Tennis | - | There was also a 60 mph wind gust estimated when the hail was falling. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | Large tree branches blown down on a farmstead at Tennis, 15 N Garden City. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| July 2020 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| July 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | no account filed |
| October 2008 | Hail | Tennis | - | 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 Tennis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7700294 | 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 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.




