Marshall County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Marshall County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Nov 16, 2009Heavy Snow, Marshall$1.6 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Estimated 7 inches of heavy wet snow reported 6 miles east of Marysville. Rolling Hills Electric Cooperative stated at around 750 power poles were snapped due to downed lines in Republic, Washington and Marshall Counties. The 1.6 million dollar damage estimate is for all counties combined.

2. Jun 27, 1998Tornado$810,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tornado travelled from the northeast edge of Home, KS to Beattie, KS damaging or destroying a variety of farm machinery and buildings, including 4 brick silos. A mobile home was pushed off it's foundation along with most of its roof being peeled off. Airborne debris shattered windows and stripped off shingles on several houses. Two vehicles were pushed into each other and severely damaged. Strong winds associated with the tornado also downed numerous power poles, large trees and large limbs.

3. Jun 11, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong winds downed numerous trees and power lines. A strong wind gust tore the roof off a gymnasium and tossed it 100 yards to the east. Strong winds also toppled a wind mill onto the roof of a nearby house and destroyed two small storage sheds at a baseball field. Gold ball to baseball size hail accompanying the winds covered the ground up to 6 inches deep in spots. The wind blown hail shattered numerous windows on homes, including 17 windows on one of the larger houses alone. The hail also tore holes in the garage roof of another house, dented vehicles and caused widespread damage to crops.

4. May 24, 2007Flash Flood$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Highway 87 closed just off highway 9 near Vliets. Water over the roadway.

5. May 15, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$82,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong winds tore all or most of the roof off a house, a mobile home, and two businesses. An automobile shop also lost a wall and two bay doors. Windows were shattered on many other homes and businesses. Numerous large trees and tree limbs were knocked down as well. The strong winds downed 14 utility poles extending from just north of Marysville to near Blue Rapids.

6. Jun 11, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$70,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Strong winds destroyed a barn, a machine shed, and a former old school house building. Several large trees were also knocked down.

7. Apr 5, 1999Tornado$60,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A small tornado moved north from near Marysville to near Oketo damaging several farm homes and out buildings.

8. May 6, 2007Flash Flood$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Few roads closed due to flash flooding with 4 to 6 inches of rain. K-87 also closed with some culvert damage on rural roads.

9. May 24, 2007Flood$50,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Moderate or greater flooding vicinity of the gage on the Black Vermillion River near Frankfort. Lowland flooding with some county roads closed.

10. Jun 11, 1997Hail$40,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Strong winds downed numerous trees and power lines. A strong wind gust tore the roof off a gymnasium and tossed it 100 yards to the east. Strong winds also toppled a wind mill onto the roof of a nearby house and destroyed two small storage sheds at a baseball field. Gold ball to baseball size hail accompanying the winds covered the ground up to 6 inches deep in spots. The wind blown hail shattered numerous windows on homes, including 17 windows on one of the larger houses alone. The hail also tore holes in the garage roof of another house, dented vehicles and caused widespread damage to crops.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

112°FJul 14, 1954

All-time low

−28°FFeb 15, 2021

Warmest night

84°FJul 21, 2017

Coldest day

−8°FDec 22, 1989

Wettest day

7.00 inSep 3, 2018

Snowiest day

12.0 in2 times, most recently Jan 13, 1979

Hottest year

2016mean 56.4°F

Coldest year

1979mean 49.8°F

Wettest year

199360.21 in

Driest year

197415.15 in

Snowiest season

45.1 in1959-60

Station Marysville (USC00145063), 1,178 ft elevation, 4.2 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1950 to October 22, 2026; 96.7% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00145063.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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