Lake City, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Lake City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67071. It stands on Puckett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake City quadrangle. 47 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,624 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pratt quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
38 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake City in 38 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 20 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flood | Lake City | $10,000 | A local road was closes for a while due to flooding from the Medicine River. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Lake City | - | Rainfall report of 2.65 inches. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Lake City | - | Rainfall report of 2.61 inches. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lake City | - | Winds were also estimated to be 50 MPH. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Lake City | - | Most of the hail was the size of dimes. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Lake City | - | This was a brief and weak tornado. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Winds were estimated to be at least 60 MPH and toppled a tv antenna. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Pea sized hail fell with the wind. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Lake City | - | There was also 0.50 of rain in 22 minutes. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF2) | Lake City | - | This tornado produced EF2 damage to trees and turned sharply northwest as it dissipated. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | A Fire fighter reported that the roof was blown off his house. Several windows and house siding was damage by wind-driven hail. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | A 1/2 inch diameter metal Shepard's hook was bent over to the ground. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Large tree was blown down. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | Wind equipment was pegged at 52 knots for 20 minutes. This was as high as it would measure. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
| May 1993 | Hail | Lake City | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest City | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sun City | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mingona | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Elm Mills | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Deerhead | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Medicine Lodge | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| Isabel | 16.3 miles | 14 | |
| Pixley | 17.7 miles | 14 |
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 Lake City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6475348 | The 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 470431. 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.





