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Woods, Kansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67951. The Survey maps it on the Woods quadrangle.

Woods within Stevens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Woods between 2006 and 2018, burning about 2,725 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/undetermined2
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
10 August 2006Naturalunder an acrePike and San Isabel National ForestPIPELINE
24 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service242
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,725 acresSeward CountyBLACK

Every fire recorded in Stevens County

Storms near this place

54 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woods in 54 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 43 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 1996Tornado (F1)Woods$40,000no account filed
May 2025HailWoods-A trained spotter reported 1 inch hail.
May 2025HailWoods-An emergency manager reported 2 inch hail. A storm chaser sent pictures of measured 2 inch hail 5 minutes later 2 miles to the northwest.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWoods-Report of pivots flipped and a vehicle with a camper hookup flipped over.
May 2024Heavy RainWoods-A 24 hour rainfall report of 1.00 inches.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWoods-Structural damage including a destroyed shed, roof damage to a home, several trees broken up and 7 power poles snapped occurred from an apparent downburst.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindWoods-Two to three inch diameter tree branches were broken by the high wind.
August 2010Heavy RainWoods-Rainfall of 3.5 was reported.
August 2010Heavy RainWoods-Rainfall of 3.0 was reported.
May 2010HailWoods-The hail was mostly penny sized.
August 2008HailWoods-Estimated wind speeds of 50 mph accompanied the penny sized hail.
June 2007Heavy RainWoods-Five inches of rain fell overnight at a location 8 miles southwest of Woods.
May 2023HailWoods-no account filed
May 2023HailWoods-no account filed
July 2023HailWoods-no account filed
May 2019HailWoods-no account filed
May 2016HailWoods-no account filed
July 2016HailWoods-no account filed
November 2015HailWoods-no account filed
May 2014HailWoods-no account filed
April 2012HailWoods-no account filed
May 2010HailWoods-no account filed
May 2010HailWoods-no account filed
June 2009HailWoods-no account filed
July 2008HailWoods-no account filed
August 2007HailWoods-no account filed
August 2007HailWoods-no account filed
August 2007HailWoods-no account filed
August 2007HailWoods-no account filed
August 2007HailWoods-no account filed
October 2007HailWoods-no account filed
June 2007HailWoods-no account filed
June 2005HailWoods-no account filed
June 2005HailWoods-no account filed
June 2005HailWoods-no account filed
September 2003HailWoods-no account filed
September 2003HailWoods-no account filed
May 2003HailWoods-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWoods-no account filed
May 2002HailWoods-no account filed
April 2001HailWoods-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindWoods-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindWoods-no account filed
March 2000HailWoods-no account filed
July 2000HailWoods-no account filed
May 1999HailWoods-no account filed
September 1999HailWoods-no account filed
June 1999HailWoods-no account filed
June 1999HailWoods-no account filed
September 1998HailWoods-no account filed
May 1998HailWoods-no account filed
May 1996HailWoods-no account filed
May 1995HailWoods-no account filed
September 1993HailWoods-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stevens 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
Moscow11.8 miles9
Hugoton12.9 miles7
Cave13.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 470630. 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.