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.
Population over time
2 figuresLiebenthal 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 103 | |
| 2020 | 92 | -11 (-11%) |
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.
- 1896 USGS Hays quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Liebenthal quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hays quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2015Regional 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 245 |
| 23 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ellis County | 017-214 |
| 16 May 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ellis County | 017-133 |
| 1 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0047 |
| 19 February 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 4 |
| 26 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 016-249 |
| 9 October 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 6 |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Werth Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
55 since 1994Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liebenthal | - | Estimated wind gusts by law enforcement. |
| September 2025 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | A public report of 1 inch hail. |
| September 2021 | Heavy Rain | Liebenthal | - | Rainfall of 3.19 inches was observed. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liebenthal | - | Shingles were blown off a roof. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Liebenthal | - | Rainfall for the period was 6.0 inches. |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Liebenthal | - | Rainfall of 4.18 inches was reported over the past 24 hours. |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Liebenthal | - | Rainfall of 2.83 was reported with most falling during the late afternoon and evening hours on 5/24. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liebenthal | - | The trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind gusts. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liebenthal | - | Tree branches 4 inches in diameter were blown down. |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Liebenthal | - | 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 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liebenthal | - | Five to six inch diameter limbs down. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liebenthal | - | The estimated 80 mph wind blew tree limbs down that were five to six inches in diameter. |
| July 2000 | Flash Flood | Liebenthal | - | Water over the banks of a creek and water in low spots in roads. Some water over the roads in the area. |
| September 1998 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | Hail completely covered the ground. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Hail | Liebenthal | - | 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.
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 Liebenthal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2673353 | 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 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.





