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Trego Center, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in WaKeeney Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67672. The Survey maps it on the Trego Center quadrangle.

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Trego Center within Trego County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Trego Center between 2017 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined3
Natural1

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
18 July 2020Natural2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
25 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTrego County017-027
3 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
26 March 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trego County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Trego Center: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Siebert Sand Pit & Plant No.1bSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wiles Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Trego County

Storms near this place

60 of 124 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trego Center in 124 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 78 hail, 25 thunderstorm wind, 9 tornado, 6 heavy rain. 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
May 1998HailTrego Center$25,000All of the west windows broken out of a house. The hail was part of a swath 7 miles wide that tracked along a line from the Gove county border from section 19-14-25 to the southeast corner of the county. Over 50,000 acres of native grass were mowed down.
May 1995HailTrego Center$10,000Nearly $2 million damage to crops occurred across the county.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindTrego Center$8,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindTrego Center$2,000Camper was overturned but there were no injuries. Location was at Cedar Bluff reservoir.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindTrego Center$2,000Four inch diameter limbs blown down. Shingles blown off roof.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindTrego Center$1,500A hay shed was knocked over by the high wind.
June 2025Heavy RainTrego Center-A report of 1.88 inches of rain was received through CocoRahs.
August 2025Flash FloodTrego Center-The emergency manager reported flash flooding and washed out roads, with hay bales carried by the water into the road, near Page Creek Bridge. Time estimated via radar and flood guidance.
June 2025Heavy RainTrego Center-A report of 2.34 inches of rainfall was reported through Cocorahs.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be 60 to 70 MPH.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Four to six inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be gusting to as high as 60 MPH.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Trego Center-This tornado was video taped crossing US Highway 283.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be gusting to 70 MPH.
June 2014Heavy RainTrego Center-Rainfall of 3.27 inches was reported.
August 2012Heavy RainTrego Center-The rain gauge with a capacity of 8 inches was overflowing.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2011Heavy RainTrego Center-Rainfall of 2.55 inches was measured.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
September 2009FloodTrego Center-South Downer creek was out of it's banks.
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Trego Center-This tornado passed over wide open spaces.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-A mobile home was knocked off it's foundation an a farm shed was flattened.
July 2007Heavy RainTrego Center-Rainfall of 2.80 inches fell overnight. There was standing water but no flooding.
April 2005Tornado (F0)Trego Center-Early on this tornado had a small area of contact with the earth, passing across Cedar Bluff Reservoir but did eventually become bigger and appeared to be much stronger north of the lake. It did not strike anything directly.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Trego Center-This was a landspout that did not hit anything.
June 2005Tornado (F3)Trego Center-Significant damage was done to several farms, outbuildings and trees. One 1500 pound heifer was thrown 1/4 mile. The tornado actually made a loop traveling back west, south then back to the north and it dissipated rather rapidly (from video). Some of the structures were protected in a ravine but still sustained major damage. Several cottonwood trees with six foot diameter trunks were pulled out of the ground. This tornado did high-end F3 damage.
June 2005Tornado (F1)Trego Center-This tornado damaged trees, outbuildings and the roof to a house.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Trego Center-This tornado did not hit anything.
June 2005Tornado (F0)Trego Center-This tornado was observed by Doppler on Wheels and it did not hit anything.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Large tree limbs were blown down and a tree was blown over in a wind break
June 2002Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-Six to eight inch diameter tree branches were broken.
September 2001Flash FloodTrego Center-Water was reported over a county road.
September 2001Flash FloodTrego Center-Water was reported over a county road.
June 2000Flash FloodTrego Center-Water flowing over highway 283.
June 2000Flash FloodTrego Center-Six and one half inches of rain in 2 hours. Home surrounded by flowing water from page creek.
June 1999HailTrego Center-Had 50 mph wind with the hail.
June 1997HailTrego Center-Hail lasted 15 minutes and covered the ground. Ninety percent of the wheat was destroyed. Farmers in the area had expected the yield on the wheat to be the best ever, before the hail hit.
May 1995Tornado (F0)Trego Center-Nearly $2 million damage to crops occurred across the county.
March 2024HailTrego Center-no account filed
March 2024HailTrego Center-no account filed
May 2024HailTrego Center-no account filed
July 2024HailTrego Center-no account filed
May 2021HailTrego Center-no account filed
August 2021HailTrego Center-no account filed
June 2020HailTrego Center-no account filed
May 2019HailTrego Center-no account filed
September 2019HailTrego Center-no account filed
September 2019HailTrego Center-no account filed
May 2019HailTrego Center-no account filed
June 2018HailTrego Center-no account filed
July 2018HailTrego Center-no account filed
May 2018HailTrego Center-no account filed
June 2018HailTrego Center-no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-no account filed
May 2017HailTrego Center-no account filed
May 2017HailTrego Center-no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindTrego Center-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trego 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
Fort Downer5.5 miles13
WaKeeney9.6 miles13
Ogallah11.2 miles14
Voda13.2 miles8
Riga13.6 miles14
Collyer15.8 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.

Wikidata item Q122557624The 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 475164. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.