Zenda, Kansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rochester Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67159. The Survey maps it on the Zenda quadrangle. 72 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,663 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresZenda fell from 90 to 72 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 90 | |
| 2020 | 72 | -18 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Anthony quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Anthony quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Zenda quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Zenda in 2015, burning about 3 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 8 |
| 29 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 7 |
| 28 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 6 |
Storms near this place
60 of 73 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zenda in 73 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 44 hail, 23 thunderstorm wind, 6 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | $30,000 | A trained spotter reported power poles knocked down. The spotter reported winds estimated at 60 mph with very heavy rainfall. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | $5,000 | Trees downed and windows blown out of house. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | $1,000 | A power pole was snapped. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Trained spotter estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph with pea sized hail. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Trained spotter reported an estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Zenda | - | Delayed report. Time was estimated by radar. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Relayed by a trained spotter. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Relayed by a trained spotter. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Relayed by a trained spotter. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Several small branches were knocked down by speeds from 55 to 60 mph. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Several large limbs were downed by winds around 70 mph. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | The estimated 70 mph winds knocked down several large branches of unknown diameters. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Zenda | - | A few windows were broken at the residence. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Zenda | - | Minor damage to a metal barn. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | The winds were estimated from 50 to 60 mph. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Zenda | - | The hail was quarter to half dollar sized. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Zenda | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Zenda | - | The hail ranged from quarter to hen egg-sized which covered the ground along with 60 to 70 mph winds. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Quarter to hen egg-sized hail also occurred but no damage was reported. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Zenda | - | Hail storm lasted for approximately 5 minutes. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Reported by Cooperative Observer for the NWS. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | A trained spotter reported the gust. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Zenda | - | A trained spotter reported roughtly a dozen nickel size hail stones with wind gusts to 30 to 40 mph. Very heavy rainfall was also reported. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Zenda | - | The tornado was observed in open country. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Zenda | - | Touched down over open country. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Zenda | - | A rope tornado moved across open country. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Zenda | - | Some damage to wheat fields also occurred. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Zenda | - | The tornado cycled very rapidly from a rope state to the classic tornado shape. The tornado moved over open country and caused no damage. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 to 70 mph winds. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | A trained spotter estimated the winds to be 65 to 70 mph. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Zenda | - | The hail was dime to nickel size. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Zenda | - | Rainfall amounts were also 1.60 inches. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Zenda | - | The hail was accompanied by 45 to 50 mph. |
| August 2005 | Hail | Zenda | - | AGTAP KM307. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Numerous limbs downed. |
| August 2004 | Hail | Zenda | - | Tree damage. (CO-OP observer.) |
| August 2004 | Hail | Zenda | - | Hail ranged from 1.00 to 1.50 inch diameter. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Tree damage. (Time estimated per event 2W Zenda at 1919 CST.) |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Zenda | - | Occurred in the country |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | Large tree limbs blown down. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| July 2005 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Zenda | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Zenda | - | 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 Zenda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2516643 | 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 470393. 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.





