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Voda, Kansas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Collyer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67631. The Survey maps it on the Collyer quadrangle.

Voda within Trego County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Voda between 2016 and 2020, burning about 72 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
4 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
9 April 2020Equipment and vehicle use10 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
29 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKansas Forest Service016-057
14 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Trego County

Storms near this place

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Voda in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 24 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindVoda-Half of a large tree down on home.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindVoda-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
May 2018Heavy RainVoda-Rainfall of 5.20 inches was observed and it was still raining at the time of the observation.
August 2017HailVoda-Winds were 70 to 80 MPH while the giant hail fell.
August 2017HailVoda-High winds accompanied the hail.
November 2015Tornado (EF1)Voda-A fast moving small vortex destroyed round hay bales. There was an eye witness report of seeing the funnel part of the tornado that lasted briefly.
July 2012HailVoda-Hail varied from the size of quarters to the size of golf balls.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindVoda-A milo field was flattened by the wind.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindVoda-The wind was estimated.
September 2009HailVoda-The hail almost completely covered the ground and lasted 10 minutes.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Voda-This tornado was moving at 60 mph but did not encounter anything to damage.
June 2008Tornado (EF0)Voda-This tornado was moving at 60 mph and was occurring in the general vicinity as that of a second tornado. The first tornado was dissipating as this one was forming.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindVoda-Semi and a Winnebego were blown over on Interstate 70
April 2024HailVoda-no account filed
May 2021HailVoda-no account filed
May 2018HailVoda-no account filed
August 2018HailVoda-no account filed
July 2016HailVoda-no account filed
June 2014HailVoda-no account filed
May 2013HailVoda-no account filed
May 2013HailVoda-no account filed
April 2012HailVoda-no account filed
April 2012HailVoda-no account filed
April 2012HailVoda-no account filed
June 2012HailVoda-no account filed
May 2008HailVoda-no account filed
May 2007HailVoda-no account filed
May 2007HailVoda-no account filed
June 2004HailVoda-no account filed
May 2002HailVoda-no account filed
May 2002HailVoda-no account filed
May 2001HailVoda-no account filed
July 1996HailVoda-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
Collyer5.3 miles8
WaKeeney7.6 miles13
Trego Center13.2 miles13
Fort Downer14.5 miles13
Ogallah15.8 miles14
Riga20.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 471360. 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.