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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.

Bonita within Johnson County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

160 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined70
Debris and open burning43
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreJohnson County2470096
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2460103
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson Countynot named
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2660016
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2630165
10 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2530074
9 August 2007Natural1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
5 August 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service2170066

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

21 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2016Thunderstorm WindBonita$20,000Fifteen 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 2026HailBonita-Quarter sized hail reported in south Olathe near South Hampton.
March 2026HailBonita-Quarter sized hail reported in south Olathe near South Hampton.
March 2026HailBonita-Quarter sized hail reported near 175th and Mur-Len Rd.
March 2026HailBonita-Quarter sized hail reported near 175th and Renner.
March 2026HailBonita-Quarter sized hail reported near 175th and US Highway 169.
April 2026HailBonita-Quarter sized hail south southeast of Olathe.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindBonita-Estimated 60 mph wind gusts in south Olathe.
September 2023HailBonita-Two inch hail was reported along W 175th Street just east of Highway 169 in southern Johnson County.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBonita-Trained spotter estimated 60 mph wind at this location, and reported a few small tree limbs down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBonita-Public reported a 60 mph wind gust at 159th and Ridgeview in Olathe.
March 2020HailBonita-Golf ball sized hail reported at 175th Street and Mur-Len.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindBonita-There was a partial collapse of a building in Olathe. No injuries were reported.
April 2018HailBonita-This report was received via Nick Bender at KMBC.
April 2018HailBonita-This report was received via social media.
September 2015HailBonita-Penny sized hail and winds to 55 mpher were estimated near 175th St and Renner Rd outside of Olathe, KS.
June 2019HailBonita-no account filed
April 2018HailBonita-no account filed
April 2016HailBonita-no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBonita-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindBonita-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Ocheltree2.9 miles20
Clare3.2 miles20
Spring Hill4.7 miles17
Olathe4.9 miles26
Morse5.5 miles20
Gardner6.0 miles19
Aubry8.1 miles20
Lackmans8.3 miles26

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 BonitaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17182735The 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.