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Susank, Kansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67544. The Survey maps it on the Susank quadrangle. 31 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,965 feet above sea level.

Susank within Barton County

Population over time

2 figures

Susank fell from 34 to 31 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
201034
202031-3 (-9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Susank between 2017 and 2018, burning about 35 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBarton County17055
21 June 2017Smoking10 acresBarton County3
8 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresKansas Forest Service18010
25 February 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresBarton County2017014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barton County

Storms near this place

35 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Susank in 35 storm reports between 1995 and 2018: 17 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. 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
May 2018HailSusank-The report came from National Severe Storms Lab mobile mesonet team while out chasing.
May 2018HailSusank-The hail was golfball to baseball size.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindSusank-A trained spotter reported the gust.
May 2017Tornado (EF0)Susank-Brief touchdown over open country.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindSusank-A trained spotter estimated 50 to 60 mph winds.
June 2015HailSusank-The hail ranged from golf ball to tennis ball-sized. The time of occurrence was estimated from radar. No damage was reported.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSusank-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSusank-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindSusank-Winds were estimated around 60 mph.
May 2010HailSusank-The hail likely occurred with winds of 60 to 70 mph.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindSusank-Estimated wind gust.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindSusank-The winds were estimated by law enforcement officials.
June 2008HailSusank-The golfball sized hail caused heavy damage to 500 acres of wheat.
July 2004Tornado (F0)Susank-Brief touchdown in open country.
April 2001Tornado (F0)Susank-Brief touchdown in open country.
April 2017HailSusank-no account filed
May 2014HailSusank-no account filed
June 2012HailSusank-no account filed
May 2008HailSusank-no account filed
May 2008HailSusank-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindSusank-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSusank-no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSusank-no account filed
July 2006HailSusank-no account filed
June 2004HailSusank-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSusank-no account filed
May 2002HailSusank-no account filed
June 2002Thunderstorm WindSusank-no account filed
April 2001HailSusank-no account filed
September 2001HailSusank-no account filed
June 1998HailSusank-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSusank-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindSusank-no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindSusank-no account filed
August 1995HailSusank-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barton 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
Stickney3.0 miles13
Beaver5.7 miles13
Millard5.8 miles13
Hoisington8.5 miles13
Boyd9.3 miles13
South Hoisington9.3 miles13
Dubuque9.5 miles13
Galatia9.8 miles13

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 SusankAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2575493The 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 475419. 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.