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Zook, Kansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Pleasant Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67550. The Survey maps it on the Zook quadrangle.

Zook within Pawnee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Storms near this place

31 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zook in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 17 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 1996Thunderstorm WindZook$250,000no account filed
June 2009Tornado (EF1)Zook$50,000Several outbuildings were destroyed by this tornado. It was video taped by folks that were about 2 miles away and they could hardly believe what they were seeing. In fact, several times they doubted it was a tornado but it was clearly a tornado that traveled 5.1 miles north-northeast and heavily damaged two well built and new outbuildings.
April 2026HailZook-A public report of 1 inch hail.
July 2025Flash FloodZook-Public report via social media of flooding across roadway around this location.
May 2019Tornado (EF2)Zook-This tornado moved in from Edwards County at 2131 LST.
April 2017HailZook-The ground was covered by the hail.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindZook-A 100 foot building was completely destroyed.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindZook-Winds were estimated at 60 MPH. Small hail also accompanied the high wind.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindZook-A quarter mile long stretch of power poles were blown down and a few 1 foot diameter trees were blown down. There were also a few highway signs blown down.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindZook-One inch diameter tree branches were broken.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)Zook-This tornado was dissipating as it moved out of Stafford county. Nothing was struck to cause damage.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindZook-Four trees blown down along highway 19.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindZook-Tin roof blown off a building at the Heritage Feed Yard
March 2000Tornado (F0)Zook-The tornado entered the county at 454 PM from Edwards county. Nothing in the path to damage in Pawnee county.
May 2023HailZook-no account filed
May 2018HailZook-no account filed
June 2017HailZook-no account filed
May 2015HailZook-no account filed
May 2013HailZook-no account filed
August 2013HailZook-no account filed
May 2008HailZook-no account filed
May 2007HailZook-no account filed
May 2006HailZook-no account filed
April 2002HailZook-no account filed
May 2002HailZook-no account filed
May 2001HailZook-no account filed
June 2001HailZook-no account filed
June 2001HailZook-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindZook-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindZook-no account filed
June 1996HailZook-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pawnee 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
Hamburg6.4 miles15
Garfield8.5 miles15
Larned8.5 miles15
Frizell10.1 miles15
Ray10.2 miles15
Sanford14.7 miles15
Bert Wettar17.5 miles15
Ash Valley18.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 475939. 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.

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.