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Traer, Kansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Finley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67749. The Survey maps it on the Traer quadrangle.

Traer within Decatur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

31 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Traer in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 19 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2019Thunderstorm WindTraer$2,000A member of the public estimated 82 mph winds. They also reported that some windows were broken by wind-driven hail.
September 2005HailTraer$750Broken windows...hail covering the ground..estimated wind gusts 50 mph.
May 2025HailTraer-Emergency Manager reported heavy rain and 1 inch hail.
June 2024HailTraer-Trained spotter reported pea to quarter sized hail that lasted approximately three minutes.
May 2023HailTraer-Hail stones slightly larger than an inch were reported.
August 2023HailTraer-Over an inch and a half of rain occurred with the hail.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindTraer-As an isolated thunderstorm moved east into Decatur County, a trained spotter measured a 68 mph wind gust with a Davis weather station. Key impacts: strong winds.
May 2021HailTraer-The hail ranged from penny to quarter in some with occasional golf balls.
May 2021HailTraer-The largest hailstone was just over an inch in diameter.
September 2016HailTraer-Also received 0.75 of rainfall with the hail. Estimated time of the report from radar.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindTraer-Reported by a Davis weather station.
August 2013HailTraer-Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported to be covering the ground.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindTraer-Trained spotter reported a measured wind gust of 72 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindTraer-Trained spotter reported a measured wind gust of 88 mph.
May 2007HailTraer-Estimated 45 mph winds were also reported.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindTraer-no account filed
May 2021HailTraer-no account filed
August 2019HailTraer-no account filed
September 2016HailTraer-no account filed
May 2016Thunderstorm WindTraer-no account filed
July 2011HailTraer-no account filed
August 2011HailTraer-no account filed
July 2011Thunderstorm WindTraer-no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindTraer-no account filed
May 2010HailTraer-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindTraer-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindTraer-no account filed
June 2005HailTraer-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindTraer-no account filed
September 2005HailTraer-no account filed
September 1995HailTraer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Decatur 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
Cedar Bluffs6.5 miles9
Oberlin10.5 miles9
Kanona17.2 miles9
Lyle23.9 miles9
Dresden24.6 miles7
Norcatur26.1 miles9
Jennings26.2 miles7
Leoville26.3 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 470922. 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.