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Cullison, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Township 9. It lies in ZIP code area 67124. The Survey maps it on the Cullison quadrangle. 83 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,037 feet above sea level.

Cullison within Pratt County

On record in Cullison

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Cullison fell from 101 to 83 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
2010101
202083-18 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Cullison in 2018, burning under an acre 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/undetermined1

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
14 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service30315

Every fire recorded in Pratt County

Storms near this place

60 of 89 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cullison in 89 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 54 hail, 27 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 heavy rain. 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 WindCullison$2,000,000no account filed
May 2012Thunderstorm WindCullison$3,000There were five power poles blown down by wind estimated to be at least 70 MPH.
May 2025Tornado (EF3)Cullison-Upon reported possible tornado damage, a NWS storm survey determined there was a tornado that shredded trees and down numerous powerlines. There was also complete destruction of a small metal building.
May 2024Heavy RainCullison-A rainfall report of 1.65 inches.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCullison-Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCullison-A camper was blown over along highway 54.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCullison-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindCullison-Winds were estimated to be around 90 MPH.
July 2018Heavy RainCullison-Rainfall of 4.50 inches was observed.
July 2018Heavy RainCullison-Rainfall of 4.32 inches was observed.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCullison-Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindCullison-There were six to eight power poles snapped off along with 8 to 10 inch diametere tree branches broken.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCullison-Nine irrigation pivot sprinklers were blown over in the area. There was considerable tree damage. In addition an old barn was destroyed and two sheds were blown over a shelter belt of trees. Hail of unknown size destroyed the siding on the west side of one residence.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindCullison-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindCullison-The wind was estimated to be gusting to 100 MPH. The report was initially made by a storm spotter. Damage had not been reported at the time of the report.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCullison-A carport and flag pole were blown down.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCullison-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
July 2011HailCullison-The hail almost completely cover the ground wind. Most of the hail was pea sized.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCullison-Wind gusts were estimated to be at least 60 MPH. Two wind vanes were blown off a barn and at least 1 inch diameter tree branches were broken.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCullison-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCullison-Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCullison-Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH.
May 2008HailCullison-Winds were 60 to 70 mph as well.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCullison-Also had 1 inch diameter sized hail.
July 2007Heavy RainCullison-Rainfall of 2.30 inches fell overnight and during the early morning hours.
May 2002Tornado (F1)Cullison-This tornado developed from the occluding storm north of Cullison. It turned sharply south, or right of the mean flow.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Cullison-This was a brief tornado (not a gustnado).
May 1995HailCullison-Hail the size of cantaloupes was reported. Unspecified damage was done.
May 1995HailCullison-Hail the size of cantaloupes was reported. Unspecified damage was done.
May 2024HailCullison-no account filed
July 2023HailCullison-no account filed
April 2021HailCullison-no account filed
July 2021HailCullison-no account filed
September 2019HailCullison-no account filed
May 2018HailCullison-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCullison-no account filed
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCullison-no account filed
June 2017HailCullison-no account filed
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCullison-no account filed
March 2016HailCullison-no account filed
March 2016HailCullison-no account filed
June 2015HailCullison-no account filed
May 2014HailCullison-no account filed
June 2011HailCullison-no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCullison-no account filed
July 2011HailCullison-no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCullison-no account filed
April 2010HailCullison-no account filed
April 2009HailCullison-no account filed
May 2008HailCullison-no account filed
May 2008HailCullison-no account filed
May 2007HailCullison-no account filed
June 2005HailCullison-no account filed
March 2004HailCullison-no account filed
May 2004HailCullison-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCullison-no account filed
June 2004HailCullison-no account filed
May 2003HailCullison-no account filed
April 2002HailCullison-no account filed
May 2002HailCullison-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pratt 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
Springvale8.5 miles14
Pratt8.9 miles14
Coats9.2 miles14
Croft10.0 miles14
Byers11.0 miles14
Iuka11.3 miles14
Hopewell12.9 miles14
Natrona13.9 miles14

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 CullisonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2422215The 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 473916. 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.