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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.

Zenda within Kingman County

Population over time

2 figures

Zenda 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.

YearPeople Change
201090
202072-18 (-20%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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 2015

Regional 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/undetermined3

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
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service8
29 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service7
28 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service6

Every fire recorded in Kingman County

Storms near this place

60 of 73 shown

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013Thunderstorm WindZenda$30,000A trained spotter reported power poles knocked down. The spotter reported winds estimated at 60 mph with very heavy rainfall.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindZenda$5,000Trees downed and windows blown out of house.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindZenda$1,000A power pole was snapped.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindZenda-Trained spotter estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph with pea sized hail.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindZenda-Trained spotter reported an estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph.
March 2020HailZenda-Delayed report. Time was estimated by radar.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindZenda-Relayed by a trained spotter.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindZenda-Relayed by a trained spotter.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindZenda-Relayed by a trained spotter.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindZenda-Several small branches were knocked down by speeds from 55 to 60 mph.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindZenda-Several large limbs were downed by winds around 70 mph.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindZenda-The estimated 70 mph winds knocked down several large branches of unknown diameters.
May 2017HailZenda-A few windows were broken at the residence.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Zenda-Minor damage to a metal barn.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindZenda-The winds were estimated from 50 to 60 mph.
April 2015HailZenda-The hail was quarter to half dollar sized.
May 2014HailZenda-No damage was reported.
May 2014HailZenda-The hail ranged from quarter to hen egg-sized which covered the ground along with 60 to 70 mph winds.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindZenda-Quarter to hen egg-sized hail also occurred but no damage was reported.
June 2013HailZenda-Hail storm lasted for approximately 5 minutes.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindZenda-Reported by Cooperative Observer for the NWS.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindZenda-A trained spotter reported the gust.
August 2013HailZenda-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 2012Tornado (EF0)Zenda-The tornado was observed in open country.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Zenda-Touched down over open country.
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Zenda-A rope tornado moved across open country.
May 2010HailZenda-Some damage to wheat fields also occurred.
May 2010Tornado (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 2010Thunderstorm WindZenda-A trained spotter estimated 60 to 70 mph winds.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindZenda-A trained spotter estimated the winds to be 65 to 70 mph.
June 2009HailZenda-The hail was dime to nickel size.
June 2009HailZenda-Rainfall amounts were also 1.60 inches.
June 2009HailZenda-The hail was accompanied by 45 to 50 mph.
August 2005HailZenda-AGTAP KM307.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindZenda-Numerous limbs downed.
August 2004HailZenda-Tree damage. (CO-OP observer.)
August 2004HailZenda-Hail ranged from 1.00 to 1.50 inch diameter.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindZenda-Tree damage. (Time estimated per event 2W Zenda at 1919 CST.)
May 2002Tornado (F0)Zenda-Occurred in the country
June 1999Thunderstorm WindZenda-Large tree limbs blown down.
March 2026HailZenda-no account filed
May 2018HailZenda-no account filed
May 2016HailZenda-no account filed
May 2016HailZenda-no account filed
May 2016HailZenda-no account filed
September 2016HailZenda-no account filed
April 2014HailZenda-no account filed
May 2014HailZenda-no account filed
May 2014HailZenda-no account filed
May 2010HailZenda-no account filed
May 2009HailZenda-no account filed
March 2008HailZenda-no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindZenda-no account filed
April 2005HailZenda-no account filed
July 2005HailZenda-no account filed
March 2004HailZenda-no account filed
April 2004HailZenda-no account filed
May 2004HailZenda-no account filed
May 2004HailZenda-no account filed
May 2004HailZenda-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kingman 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
Willowdale5.1 miles13
Spivey6.3 miles15
Nashville7.4 miles15
Saint Leo9.1 miles13
Rago10.6 miles15
Cleveland10.9 miles13
Basil11.4 miles13
Calista13.6 miles13

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 ZendaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2516643The 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.