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Liebenthal, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Big Timber Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67548. The Survey maps it on the Liebenthal quadrangle. 92 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,972 feet above sea level.

Liebenthal within Rush County

Population over time

2 figures

Liebenthal fell from 103 to 92 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
2010103
202092-11 (-11%)

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

11 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Liebenthal between 2015 and 2020, burning about 49 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined5
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 2018Natural1.0 acresKansas Forest Service245
23 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresEllis County017-214
16 May 2017Natural1.0 acresEllis County017-133
1 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Servicenot named
30 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service15-0047
19 February 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresKansas Forest Service4
26 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service016-249
9 October 2015Naturalunder an acreKansas Forest Service6

Every fire recorded in Rush County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Liebenthal: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Werth Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Storms near this place

55 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liebenthal in 55 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 40 hail, 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain, 2 flash flood. 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
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLiebenthal-Estimated wind gusts by law enforcement.
September 2025HailLiebenthal-A public report of 1 inch hail.
September 2021Heavy RainLiebenthal-Rainfall of 3.19 inches was observed.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindLiebenthal-Shingles were blown off a roof.
October 2018Heavy RainLiebenthal-Rainfall for the period was 6.0 inches.
August 2013Heavy RainLiebenthal-Rainfall of 4.18 inches was reported over the past 24 hours.
May 2011Heavy RainLiebenthal-Rainfall of 2.83 was reported with most falling during the late afternoon and evening hours on 5/24.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLiebenthal-The trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindLiebenthal-Tree branches 4 inches in diameter were blown down.
September 2001Flash FloodLiebenthal-Water was flowing over highway 183. Several houses were flooded as water rushed off a field to the west of town. Also, a house burned during the flood. Fire Fighters were not able to reach the home due to the flood waters.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLiebenthal-Five to six inch diameter limbs down.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindLiebenthal-The estimated 80 mph wind blew tree limbs down that were five to six inches in diameter.
July 2000Flash FloodLiebenthal-Water over the banks of a creek and water in low spots in roads. Some water over the roads in the area.
September 1998HailLiebenthal-Hail completely covered the ground.
May 1998HailLiebenthal-Hail covered the ground.
May 2021HailLiebenthal-no account filed
August 2021HailLiebenthal-no account filed
August 2020HailLiebenthal-no account filed
April 2013HailLiebenthal-no account filed
April 2013HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2012HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2012HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2012HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2011HailLiebenthal-no account filed
July 2007HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2007HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2007HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2007HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2007HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2007HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2007HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2007HailLiebenthal-no account filed
June 2006HailLiebenthal-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindLiebenthal-no account filed
April 2005HailLiebenthal-no account filed
July 2004HailLiebenthal-no account filed
July 2003HailLiebenthal-no account filed
September 2003HailLiebenthal-no account filed
July 2003HailLiebenthal-no account filed
August 2003HailLiebenthal-no account filed
June 2002HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2002HailLiebenthal-no account filed
April 2001Thunderstorm WindLiebenthal-no account filed
May 2001HailLiebenthal-no account filed
June 2001HailLiebenthal-no account filed
August 2001HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 1998HailLiebenthal-no account filed
September 1998HailLiebenthal-no account filed
May 1998HailLiebenthal-no account filed
June 1998HailLiebenthal-no account filed
August 1996HailLiebenthal-no account filed
August 1996HailLiebenthal-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindLiebenthal-no account filed
July 1996HailLiebenthal-no account filed
September 1994HailLiebenthal-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rush 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
Loretta7.3 miles14
La Crosse8.5 miles15
Hargrave9.5 miles14
Bison11.2 miles14
Rush Center13.1 miles15
Nekoma14.1 miles15
McCracken14.3 miles13
Timken14.6 miles15

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 LiebenthalAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2673353The 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 475388. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, 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.