Sublette, Kansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Haskell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67877. The Survey maps it on the Sublette quadrangle. 1,413 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,913 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSublette fell from 1,453 to 1,413 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 | 1,453 | |
| 2020 | 1,413 | -40 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dodge City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Sublette quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Liberal quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sublette in 2017, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Haskell County | 22 |
Storms near this place
60 of 195 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sublette in 195 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 105 hail, 67 thunderstorm wind, 11 tornado, 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | $1,800,000 | There was heavy tree damage in Sublette. At least 2 dozen pivot sprinkler irrigation sprinklers were overturned or destroyed, mainly west and north of Sublette. There were a few sprinklers reported damaged south of town town. There was video of the downburst wind moving through town with a few brief gustnadoes observed on the leading edge of the wall of dirt that was picked up. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Sublette | $1,000,000 | This tornado did high end EF1 damage to Pivot irrigation sprinklers along with other damage to several outbuildings and eight large grain bins. A semi was flipped and carried into a field. |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F2) | Sublette | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | $55,000 | Pivot irrigation sprinkler blown over. Siding was blown off from a nearby house and a window was broken. |
| June 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Sublette | $11,000 | Machine shed heavily damaged, horse trailer turned over and windows blown out of a trailer. |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Sublette | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Sublette | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Sublette | $3,000 | Windows were broken out of the house. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | $2,000 | Power poles blown down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | $1,000 | Tree limbs blown down. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Sublette | - | A public mPing report of street/road flooding, street/road closures, and vehicles stranded. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Sublette | - | A public report from social media had 2 inch hail with pictures. Another public report nearby of 1 inch hail around the same time. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Sublette | - | Rainfall report of 2.20 inches. |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Sublette | - | A rainfall report of 2.00 inches. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated by emergency management. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | One inch tree limbs broken. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Pictures on social media show tree damage and windows blown out of the bowling alley in Sublette. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Pivot springlers blown over. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Reported by Law Enforcement. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Reported by law enforcement. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Sublette | - | Rainfall of 4.44 inches was observed. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Sublette | - | Rainfall of 2.96 inches was measured. |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Sublette | - | Rainfall of 2.60 inches was observed. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | A roof of a mobile home was destroyed by the high wind. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | A roof was partially torn off an office at a motel. Several large limbs were blown down as well. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Winds were estimated to be 65 MPH. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Sublette | - | Rainfall of 2.90 was observed. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Winds were estimated to be gusting to 70 mph. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | A wind gust to 60 mph was estimated at this location. |
| August 2009 | Heavy Rain | Sublette | - | Rainfall of 3.00 was observed in one hour. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | There was also pea sized hail. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Sublette | - | The hail broke out a window of a house and damaged vehicle windows. |
| June 2008 | Heavy Rain | Sublette | - | The heavy rain produced a tremendous amount of runoff that caused the sewer system in Sublette to overrun it's capacity. The residents were asked not to use facilities for about 48 hours after the event. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Sublette | - | The hail ranged in size from pea to nickel sized. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | The wind blew from west to east across highway 83 north of Sublette...estimated by off duty NWS employee. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Sublette | - | This tornado started in Finney county and cross the county line. Three pivot sprinklers were damaged and there was also tree damage. |
| May 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Sublette | - | This was smaller tornado associated with the storm that produced a bigger tornado. This one damage a pivot irrigation sprinkler. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs were broken and blown down by the high wind. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Two to four inch diameter tree branches were blown down. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Three inch diameter tree branches were broken. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | A power pole was blown down and 3 semi trucks were blown over. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Sublette | - | This weak tornado moved southwest also. |
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Sublette | - | This was brief tornado |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Recorded at a KSN weather lab site. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Four inch diameter tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Sublette | - | This tornado touched down about 1/4 mile south of 190 Road and 1/2 mile east of SS Road at 1745 CST. No evident damage was observed until the tornado reached a residence near 230 Road and UU Road at around 1752 CST. A roof of a deck was lifted and blown about 100 feet. The tornado moved south-southeast, damaging part of a center pivot sprinkler system and then crossed into northeastern Seward county before turning east. Damaged sprinkler systems were found 0.6 miles east of Road T and 1/4 mile north of Road 23. The last damage evident was a partially rolled sprinkler and 1/4 mile south of Road 23 and just east of Road X. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Large tree limbs were blown down |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | The wind gust was measured by a KSN/AWS weather lab site |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Nine power poles were broken |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Six inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | 80 MPH wind blew 4 inch limbs down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Eight inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Sublette | - | High wind with the hail devestated crops in the area. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Sublette | - | Tree limbs down...probably from the hail. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Sheds and power poles down. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Sublette | - | Estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| April 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Sublette | - | Tornado briefly touched down in an open field. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sublette | - | Large tree limbs were knocked down. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Sublette | - | 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 Sublette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q601626 | 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 470607. 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.




