Sun City, Kansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sun City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67143. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sun City quadrangle. 37 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,670 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSun City fell from 53 to 37 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 | 53 | |
| 2020 | 37 | -16 (-30%) |
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
- 1968 USGS Sun City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Medicine Lodge quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sun City: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Gypsum Mine,Quarry,Crusher | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Sun City Mine & Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
Storms near this place
57 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sun City in 57 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 34 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flood | Sun City | $10,000 | A county road near Sun City was closed due to flooding. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | $1,000 | Six inch tree limb was blown down and a window blown out of a house. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | Large tree blown down as well as extensive tree damage across town. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Sun City | - | Rainfall of 2.77 inches was observed. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sun City | - | Leaves were stripped from the trees. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | Winds were estimated to be 60 MPH. |
| July 2014 | Heavy Rain | Sun City | - | Rainfall of 3.75 was reported. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | Winds were estimated to be 70 MPH. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Sun City | - | Most of the hail was pea sized. |
| April 2012 | Flood | Sun City | - | Water was flowing over rural roads. A five inch rain gauge overflowed. |
| April 2012 | Heavy Rain | Sun City | - | Rainfall of 3.65 was reported and approximately a third of the streets in Sun City were reported to be flooded. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Sun City | - | This tornado moved into the county from Comanche county at 16:12 PM CDT. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sun City | - | There were only a few hail stones. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Sun City | - | Turkey Creek was flooding in the northwest part of Sun City. |
| July 2008 | Heavy Rain | Sun City | - | Rainfall of 1.44 fell in 34 minutes. |
| March 2007 | Heavy Rain | Sun City | - | Rainfall of 1.70 inches fell and there was extensive ponding of water in fields. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Sun City | - | This tornado crossed into Pratt county at 1940 CST. There was damage to sheds, barns, trees, fences, an oil tank and several pivot irrigation sprinklers. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Sun City | - | There was significant wheat damage reported in the area. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | Three house windows were blown out. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | Ten inch diameter tree limbs were blown down by the wind |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | One inch tree branches blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | Three inch diameter limbs blown down. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| September 2011 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Sun City | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Sun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake City | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Deerhead | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Forest City | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Mingona | 12.5 miles | 14 | |
| Elm Mills | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Medicine Lodge | 19.0 miles | 14 | |
| Isabel | 20.3 miles | 14 | |
| Aetna | 20.5 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 Sun City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2132017 | 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 470423. 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.
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.





