Bain City, Kansas
49 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Leavenworth City. It lies in ZIP code area 66048. It stands on Fivemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leavenworth quadrangle.
On record in Bain City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Western Branch, National Home for Disabled Volunteer SoldiersNational Historic Landmark · listed 1999 · 0.7 miles away
Helmers Manufacturing Company Buildinglisted 2009 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 49 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.
- 1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1910 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1948 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Leavenworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Bain City between 2015 and 2018, burning about 56 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 834 |
| 8 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 657 |
| 31 July 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Leavenworth County | 1604 |
| 28 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 734 |
| 28 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Leavenworth County | 124 |
| 21 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 709 |
| 9 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 556 |
| 19 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1265 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bain City: 12 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Farley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lansing Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Lks | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wadsworth | 0.4 miles | 49 | |
| Xavier | 0.5 miles | 49 | |
| Richardson | 1.2 miles | 49 | |
| Cochrane | 1.8 miles | 49 | |
| Leavenworth | 2.1 miles | 49 | |
| Lansing | 2.4 miles | 35 | |
| Hiatt | 4.0 miles | 37 | |
| Ettenson | 4.6 miles | 37 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122563579 | 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 478425. 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.












