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.
Population over time
2 figuresSusank 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 34 | |
| 2020 | 31 | -3 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Russell quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Great Bend quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Susank quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Russell quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2017Regional 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Barton County | 17055 |
| 21 June 2017 | Smoking | 10 acres | Barton County | 3 |
| 8 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18010 |
| 25 February 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Barton County | 2017014 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
35 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Hail | Susank | - | The report came from National Severe Storms Lab mobile mesonet team while out chasing. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Susank | - | The hail was golfball to baseball size. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | A trained spotter reported the gust. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Susank | - | Brief touchdown over open country. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | A trained spotter estimated 50 to 60 mph winds. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Susank | - | The hail ranged from golf ball to tennis ball-sized. The time of occurrence was estimated from radar. No damage was reported. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | Winds were estimated around 60 mph. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Susank | - | The hail likely occurred with winds of 60 to 70 mph. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | Estimated wind gust. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | The winds were estimated by law enforcement officials. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Susank | - | The golfball sized hail caused heavy damage to 500 acres of wheat. |
| July 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Susank | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| April 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Susank | - | Brief touchdown in open country. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Susank | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Susank | - | no account filed |
| August 1995 | Hail | Susank | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stickney | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Beaver | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Millard | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hoisington | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Boyd | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| South Hoisington | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Dubuque | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Galatia | 9.8 miles | 13 |
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 Susank | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2575493 | 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 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.





