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Lebanon, Kansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66952. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle. 178 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,844 feet above sea level.

Lebanon within Smith County

Population over time

2 figures

Lebanon fell from 218 to 178 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
2010218
2020178-40 (-18%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lebanon between 2015 and 2016, burning about 50 acres 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/undetermined2

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
6 March 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresKansas Forest Service1
2 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith County

Storms near this place

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lebanon in 64 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 36 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
May 2013Tornado (EF3)Lebanon1 hurt, $1,400,000This tornado affected two counties in north central Kansas, touching down north of Lebanon in Smith County and lifting north of Esbon in Jewell County. The maximum wind speed was estimated to be near 140 MPH, with a maximum path width of 1580 yards. Along its path, this tornado caused minor to major tree damage, overturned irrigation pivots, snapped power poles and damaged or destroyed grain bins and outbuildings. Four homesteads suffered damage, with the hardest hit locations approximately 3 miles northeast of Lebanon in Smith County. Two homes in this area were heavily damaged or destroyed, with one losing its entire second level. This location also completely lost grain bins, a large outbuilding and newly constructed garage. One person suffered minor injuries and was treated and released from an area hospital.
June 2011FloodLebanon$1,000,000Heavy rain in excess of 4 inches cause widespread flooding in southeast Smith County. The worst flood conditions were felt along the Oak Creek near Dispatch and its upstream tributaries.
August 2014HailLebanon$250,000no account filed
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLebanon$200,000Wind gusts were estimated to be upwards of 80 MPH. Emergency management reported that 14 power poles and numerous tree limbs were downed.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLebanon$150,000Wind gusts were estimated to be between 70 and 80 MPH and were accompanied by golf ball size hail.
August 2014HailLebanon$150,000Hail ranging in size from half dollars to golf balls was reported.
May 2002HailLebanon$75,000no account filed
June 2013HailLebanon$50,000Most of the hail was quarter size with a few near ping pong ball size.
May 2002HailLebanon$50,000no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindLebanon$50,000no account filed
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLebanon$40,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 70 MPH resulted in downed tree limbs in Lebanon, some of which were up to eight inches in diameter. Minor roof damage occurred at a local business, and a livestock shed was damaged at a farm located four miles southeast of town.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLebanon$25,000Wind gust was measured by a Kansas Department of Transportation mesonet site.
July 2004HailLebanon$25,000no account filed
June 2003HailLebanon$25,000no account filed
June 2008HailLebanon$20,000Pea to quarter size hail reported.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindLebanon$20,000no account filed
June 2016HailLebanon$15,000no account filed
June 2010Flash FloodLebanon$15,000no account filed
June 2000HailLebanon$15,000no account filed
April 2013Thunderstorm WindLebanon$10,000A car port was blown on top of a house.
May 1999HailLebanon$10,000no account filed
May 1999HailLebanon$10,000no account filed
July 1996HailLebanon$10,000no account filed
April 2008HailLebanon$5,000no account filed
May 2007HailLebanon$5,000no account filed
June 1994HailLebanon$5,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindLebanon$1,000Wind gusts estimated to be near 60 MPH resulted in tree damage in Lebanon, including a few downed limbs up to 6 to 10 inches in diameter.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindLebanon-The NWS Cooperative Observer located in Lebanon estimated wind gusts of 50 to 60 MPH, resulting in several downed tree limbs across town.
June 2014Heavy RainLebanon-A storm total rainfall amount of 3.23 inches was reported.
August 2014Heavy RainLebanon-The 24-hour rainfall amount was 3.24 inches.
August 2014Heavy RainLebanon-The storm total rainfall amount was 3.30 inches.
June 2011Heavy RainLebanon-The Cooperative Observer reported 3.38 of storm total rainfall.
May 2011Heavy RainLebanon-Storm total rainfall of 3.10 inches was reported.
May 2011Heavy RainLebanon-Storm total rainfall of 4.03 inches was reported.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindLebanon-Wind gusts estimated at 70 mph.
June 2024HailLebanon-no account filed
June 2022HailLebanon-no account filed
May 2021HailLebanon-no account filed
May 2021HailLebanon-no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLebanon-no account filed
August 2020HailLebanon-no account filed
May 2017HailLebanon-no account filed
June 2016HailLebanon-no account filed
May 2015HailLebanon-no account filed
May 2015Thunderstorm WindLebanon-no account filed
April 2015HailLebanon-no account filed
May 2014HailLebanon-no account filed
October 2012HailLebanon-no account filed
October 2012HailLebanon-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLebanon-no account filed
June 2008HailLebanon-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindLebanon-no account filed
August 2007Heavy RainLebanon-no account filed
March 2006HailLebanon-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLebanon-no account filed
June 2006HailLebanon-no account filed
July 2004HailLebanon-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLebanon-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindLebanon-no account filed
July 2000HailLebanon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Smith 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
Bellaire6.4 miles12
Cora8.1 miles12
Smith Center12.3 miles12
Womer14.0 miles12
Dispatch15.0 miles13
Thornburg15.4 miles12
Harlan18.0 miles12
Reamsville18.5 miles12

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 LebanonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1012298The 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 471973. 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.