Clare, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Gardner Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66061. The Survey maps it on the Ocheltree quadrangle.
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
151 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Clare between 2003 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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 | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 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 |
| 9 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2210055 |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2200109 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clare in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Clare | - | Water Rescue from vehicle peformed by FD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bonita | 3.2 miles | 20 | |
| Olathe | 4.7 miles | 26 | |
| Ocheltree | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Spring Hill | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Morse | 8.0 miles | 20 | |
| Prairie Center (historical) | 8.2 miles | 18 | |
| Edgerton | 8.4 miles | 18 |
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 Clare | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16258477 | 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 484895. 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.








