Bonita, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Spring Hill City. It lies in ZIP code area 66062. The Survey maps it on the Ocheltree quadrangle.
On record in Bonita
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Ensor Farmlisted 2004 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Ocheltree quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Ocheltree quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
160 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Bonita between 2003 and 2020, burning about 390 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 were 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 | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Johnson County | 2470096 |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2460103 |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2660016 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2630165 |
| 10 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2530074 |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 5 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2170066 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonita in 21 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | $20,000 | Fifteen power poles down along Highway 169 between 159th and 175th Street south of Olathe. Highway 169 was closed due to the power pole damage. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Bonita | - | Quarter sized hail reported in south Olathe near South Hampton. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Bonita | - | Quarter sized hail reported in south Olathe near South Hampton. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Bonita | - | Quarter sized hail reported near 175th and Mur-Len Rd. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Bonita | - | Quarter sized hail reported near 175th and Renner. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Bonita | - | Quarter sized hail reported near 175th and US Highway 169. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Bonita | - | Quarter sized hail south southeast of Olathe. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | - | Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in south Olathe. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Bonita | - | Two inch hail was reported along W 175th Street just east of Highway 169 in southern Johnson County. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | - | Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind at this location, and reported a few small tree limbs down. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | - | Public reported a 60 mph wind gust at 159th and Ridgeview in Olathe. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Bonita | - | Golf ball sized hail reported at 175th Street and Mur-Len. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | - | There was a partial collapse of a building in Olathe. No injuries were reported. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Bonita | - | This report was received via Nick Bender at KMBC. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Bonita | - | This report was received via social media. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Bonita | - | Penny sized hail and winds to 55 mpher were estimated near 175th St and Renner Rd outside of Olathe, KS. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Bonita | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Bonita | - | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Hail | Bonita | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | - | 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 Bonita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17182735 | 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 479559. 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.








