Garden City, KS Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes
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The chance of earthquake damage in Garden City is about the same as Kansas average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Garden City is lower than Kansas average and is higher than the national average.
Earthquake Index, #549
| Garden City, KS | 0.01 |
| Kansas | 0.05 |
| U.S. | 1.81 |
The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.
Volcano Index, #1
| Garden City, KS | 0.0000 |
| Kansas | 0.0000 |
| U.S. | 0.0023 |
The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.
Tornado Index, #557
| Garden City, KS | 194.09 |
| Kansas | 252.53 |
| U.S. | 136.45 |
The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.
Other Weather Extremes Events
A total of 4,255 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Garden City, KS were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:
| Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count | Type | Count |
| Avalanche: | 0 | Blizzard: | 0 | Cold: | 0 | Dense Fog: | 0 | Drought: | 5 |
| Dust Storm: | 0 | Flood: | 49 | Hail: | 2,887 | Heat: | 0 | Heavy Snow: | 0 |
| High Surf: | 0 | Hurricane: | 0 | Ice Storm: | 0 | Landslide: | 0 | Strong Wind: | 4 |
| Thunderstorm Winds: | 1,230 | Tropical Storm: | 0 | Wildfire: | 1 | Winter Storm: | 0 | Winter Weather: | 0 |
| Other: | 79 | ||||||||
Volcanos Nearby
No volcano is found in or near Garden City, KS.
Historical Earthquake Events
No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Garden City, KS.
No historical earthquake events found in or near Garden City, KS.
Historical Tornado Events
A total of 52 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Garden City, KS.
| Distance (miles) | Date | Magnitude | Start Lat/Log | End Lat/Log | Length | Width | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage | Crop Damage | Affected County |
| 0.8 | 1971-10-17 | 2 | 37°57'N / 100°55'W | 38°00'N / 100°50'W | 5.60 Miles | 127 Yards | 0 | 7 | 25K | 0 | Finney |
| 1.5 | 1967-06-23 | 3 | 38°02'N / 101°00'W | 37°55'N / 100°40'W | 19.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 1 | 30 | 25.0M | 0 | Finney |
| 2.4 | 1973-06-28 | 2 | 38°00'N / 100°58'W | 37°59'N / 100°50'W | 7.20 Miles | 60 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Finney |
| 4.3 | 1977-05-18 | 2 | 37°44'N / 101°04'W | 38°15'N / 100°30'W | 47.10 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Finney |
| 5.2 | 1950-08-06 | 2 | 37°58'N / 100°46'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Finney | |||
| 10.7 | 1965-05-07 | 2 | 37°57'N / 100°40'W | 0 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Finney | |||
| 13.6 | 1951-05-20 | 3 | 37°54'N / 101°12'W | 38°01'N / 101°01'W | 12.80 Miles | 900 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Kearny |
| 14.7 | 1978-05-30 | 2 | 38°04'N / 100°42'W | 38°00'N / 100°30'W | 11.70 Miles | 17 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Finney |
| 16.4 | 1967-06-23 | 3 | 38°09'N / 101°15'W | 38°02'N / 101°00'W | 15.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Kearny |
| 17.1 | 1960-05-23 | 2 | 38°01'N / 100°33'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Finney | |||
| 18.8 | 1960-05-22 | 2 | 38°11'N / 100°38'W | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Finney | |||
| 21.0 | 1977-05-18 | 2 | 37°43'N / 101°05'W | 37°44'N / 101°04'W | 1.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Haskell |
| 21.2 | 1951-05-20 | 2 | 37°58'N / 101°15'W | 1.00 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Kearny | |
| 24.1 | 1996-05-26 | 3 | 37°38'N / 100°39'W | 37°52'N / 100°24'W | 22.00 Miles | 900 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.0M | 150K | Gray |
| Brief Description: The thunderstorm that produced the F2 tornado in Seward and Haskell counties spun up an even bigger tornado further into Haskell and Gray counties. The tornado took a few trees in Haskell county. In Gray county...34 irrigation sprinklers systems were damaged or destroyed...power poles were snapped...2 houses were damaged...a barn was destroyed...a truck overturned...flood irrigation pipe was tossed like match sticks. In fact...one witness reported the 30 foot pieces of pipe were 4 or 5 hundred feet in the air. In addition...3 inch high corn plants were completely removed...leaving the field bare. Several people video taping the tornado were chased by the tornado...only to take shelter under a bridge. The tornado passed about 1/2 mile east of them while they watched 5 inch diameter hail pound the ground. | |||||||||||
| 24.6 | 1954-06-10 | 2 | 38°08'N / 101°16'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Kearny | |||
| 25.4 | 1962-06-16 | 2 | 38°15'N / 100°43'W | 38°20'N / 100°31'W | 12.20 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Finney |
| 26.4 | 1965-05-07 | 2 | 38°06'N / 100°24'W | 0 | 1 | 3K | 0 | Finney | |||
| 27.0 | 1982-03-19 | 2 | 37°37'N / 100°40'W | 37°49'N / 100°19'W | 24.00 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Gray |
| 27.4 | 1978-05-30 | 2 | 38°00'N / 100°30'W | 37°54'N / 100°13'W | 16.90 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Gray |
| 29.0 | 1962-06-16 | 3 | 38°08'N / 100°43'W | 38°25'N / 100°15'W | 31.90 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Finney |
| 30.8 | 1956-07-12 | 2 | 38°29'N / 101°07'W | 38°20'N / 100°54'W | 15.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 1 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Scott |
| 30.8 | 1955-07-13 | 2 | 37°49'N / 100°20'W | 0.30 Mile | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 3K | 0 | Gray | |
| 31.4 | 1982-03-18 | 2 | 37°26'N / 100°57'W | 37°37'N / 100°40'W | 24.00 Miles | 67 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Haskell |
| 31.6 | 1954-06-10 | 2 | 38°06'N / 100°18'W | 7.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Finney | |
| 31.9 | 2005-05-11 | 2 | 37°36'N / 101°21'W | 37°44'N / 101°14'W | 13.20 Miles | 250 Yards | 0 | 0 | 350K | 0 | Grant |
| Brief Description: This tornado traveled into Kearny county before roping out. At 2ne of Ulysses part of a barn roof was blown off and a large tree was uprooted. Several horses were slightly injured. Then at 5ne of Ulysses an abandoned mobile home was destroyed. At six miles northeast of Ulysses, two pivot sprinklers were mangled, large trees were snapped at the base and several power poles were destroyed. Several grain bins (full of wheat) were completely swept away and the grain was scattered for some distance. Remnants of the grain bins were not found in the local vicinity. Farther northeast along the track several more pivot sprinklers were destroyed. It is estimated that if this tornado had made a direct hit, it would have likely caused at least high-end F3 damage. | |||||||||||
| 33.0 | 1972-07-28 | 2 | 37°30'N / 100°51'W | 1.30 Miles | 440 Yards | 0 | 7 | 250K | 0 | Haskell | |
| 33.8 | 1950-07-02 | 2 | 38°28'N / 100°53'W | 1.00 Mile | 90 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Scott | |
| 34.4 | 2009-04-18 | 2 | 38°01'N / 100°15'W | 38°04'N / 100°13'W | 3.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0K | Finney |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This was a multiple vortex tornado that heavily damaged a farm that included outbuildings and some damage to the home itself. There was also some tree damage. The tornado moved slowly and steadily into Hodgeman county at 224 PM CDT. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Severe thunderstorms developed under a cold core upper low and were capable or producing tornadoes and hail. Some of the hail was deep enough on the highway in Finney county in the vicinity of Kalvesta the the Department of Transportation had to get snow plows out to clear the highway. | |||||||||||
| 34.5 | 1951-06-20 | 2 | 38°28'N / 101°22'W | 38°29'N / 100°28'W | 48.60 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Wichita |
| 36.4 | 1990-06-19 | 2 | 37°39'N / 101°27'W | 37°30'N / 101°08'W | 20.00 Miles | 300 Yards | 0 | 2 | 2.5M | 0 | Grant |
| 36.7 | 1968-05-13 | 3 | 38°26'N / 101°10'W | 38°29'N / 101°08'W | 3.60 Miles | 320 Yards | 0 | 4 | 25K | 0 | Wichita |
| 37.0 | 1978-05-30 | 2 | 37°54'N / 100°13'W | 37°52'N / 100°10'W | 3.30 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Ford |
| 37.3 | 1977-05-18 | 2 | 37°24'N / 101°30'W | 37°43'N / 101°05'W | 31.60 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Grant |
| 37.5 | 1951-06-06 | 2 | 37°35'N / 101°20'W | 0 | 3 | 3K | 0 | Grant | |||
| 37.7 | 1996-05-26 | 2 | 37°24'N / 100°51'W | 37°28'N / 100°47'W | 6.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 100K | 0 | Haskell |
| Brief Description: 2 irrigation sprinklers destroyed...fertilizer tanks carried over 1 mile...2 houses damaged...fence destroyed...trees uprooted...hay bales tossed...30 foot radio tower blown down...wheat plants pulled up...farm building heavily damaged...flood irrigation pipe scattered about. | |||||||||||
| 38.2 | 1999-06-22 | 3 | 38°22'N / 101°21'W | 38°19'N / 101°26'W | 4.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Wichita |
| Brief Description: A large tornado (F3) destroyed a farmstead. The house was nearly flattened by the tornado, and a tractor and grain combine/harvester were rolled several hundred feet. Tornado moved from East to West. | |||||||||||
| 38.5 | 1956-07-12 | 2 | 38°29'N / 101°12'W | 38°29'N / 101°07'W | 4.50 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Wichita |
| 38.8 | 1987-05-03 | 2 | 37°26'N / 100°58'W | 37°25'N / 101°01'W | 3.00 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 2.5M | 0 | Haskell |
| 39.0 | 2001-04-06 | 2 | 37°25'N / 101°17'W | 37°35'N / 101°12'W | 14.00 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 235K | 0 | Grant |
| Brief Description: Tornado crossed into Grant county from Stevens county at 1647. Three pivot sprinklers were destroyed, 2 grain bins, a silo, machine shed and horse trailer were also damaged or destroyed. A roof was taken off a building and an empty rail car was overturned. | |||||||||||
| 43.0 | 1964-05-05 | 2 | 38°33'N / 100°44'W | 38°37'N / 100°37'W | 7.60 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Scott |
| 43.0 | 1990-06-19 | 2 | 37°42'N / 101°34'W | 1.50 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Stanton | |
| 44.2 | 1964-04-19 | 2 | 38°16'N / 100°08'W | 0 | 0 | 25K | 0 | Hodgeman | |||
| 44.6 | 1990-06-19 | 2 | 37°46'N / 101°38'W | 1.50 Miles | 150 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Hamilton | |
| 45.1 | 1991-05-16 | 3 | 37°56'N / 100°09'W | 38°05'N / 99°55'W | 22.00 Miles | 880 Yards | 0 | 2 | 250K | 0 | Hodgeman |
| 46.3 | 1962-06-16 | 3 | 38°25'N / 100°15'W | 38°26'N / 100°12'W | 2.70 Miles | 50 Yards | 0 | 3 | 250K | 0 | Ness |
| 46.8 | 2007-03-28 | 3 | 38°04'N / 100°04'W | 38°16'N / 100°00'W | 13.00 Miles | 1320 Yards | 0 | 0 | 210K | 0K | Hodgeman |
| Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: This large tornado destroyed three homes and did damage to one other. Hundreds of power poles were broken along with a handful of pivot irrigation sprinklers and barns. Trees also sustained major damage. There were also at least 50 head of cattle dead from this tornado in Hodgeman county. Parts of the debris from a shed were found 40 miles north. A wedding book registry was found intact 34 miles from the original location in a home that was destroyed. This tornado continued into Ness county at 925 PM CDT. EPISODE NARRATIVE: Major tornado outbreak and severe weather swept across parts of western Kansas. Fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities despite major destruction. | |||||||||||
| 46.8 | 1996-05-26 | 2 | 37°12'N / 100°56'W | 37°24'N / 100°51'W | 14.00 Miles | 450 Yards | 0 | 0 | 200K | 140K | Seward |
| Brief Description: 2 irrigation sprinklers destroyed...fertilizer tanks carried over 1 mile...2 houses damaged...fence destroyed...trees uprooted...hay bales tossed...30 foot radio tower blown down...wheat plants pulled up...farm building heavily damaged...flood irrigation pipe scattered about. | |||||||||||
| 48.7 | 2003-05-15 | 2 | 37°15'N / 100°56'W | 37°18'N / 100°56'W | 4.90 Miles | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 150K | 0 | Seward |
| Brief Description: The tornado began 15 miles north and 1.5 miles west of the center of Liberal and ended 18 miles north and 2 miles east. One home received minor roof damage and broken windows. The second home was destroyed with debris from the home traveling 1/4 of a mile. | |||||||||||
| 48.7 | 1972-05-22 | 2 | 38°11'N / 100°05'W | 38°17'N / 99°58'W | 9.40 Miles | 10 Yards | 0 | 0 | 0K | 0 | Hodgeman |
| 48.9 | 1951-06-06 | 3 | 37°35'N / 101°22'W | 37°02'N / 100°56'W | 44.80 Miles | 33 Yards | 0 | 3 | 25K | 0 | Grant |
| 49.3 | 1954-05-26 | 2 | 37°59'N / 101°46'W | 0.50 Mile | 100 Yards | 0 | 0 | 250K | 0 | Hamilton | |
| 49.4 | 2001-04-10 | 2 | 37°30'N / 100°11'W | 37°42'N / 100°00'W | 17.30 Miles | 380 Yards | 0 | 0 | 190K | 0 | Ford |
| Brief Description: A mobile home was completely demolished. Ironically, the occupants were not at home, only because the school activity bus was late. Another trailer nearby received moderate damage. Two pivot sprinklers were destroyed and there was other scattered minor damage along the path of the tornado. | |||||||||||
* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.