Countryside, Kansas
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Mission City. It lies in ZIP code area 66202. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee quadrangle.
On record in Countryside
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.
- Broadmoor Ranch House Historic Districtlisted 2011 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 37 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
- 1934 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
191 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Countryside between 2007 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 2 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 | 104 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2520092 |
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Johnson County | 2520108 |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Johnson County | 2480067 |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2470128 |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2680121 |
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2650077 |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2630080 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Countryside: 15 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle Rock Company Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Coyter Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Feebeck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kirn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lane Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mcgill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Turner Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Countryside in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2026: 4 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Hail | Countryside | - | Quarter sized hail reported in Prairie Village. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Countryside | - | Quarter sized hail near Lamar and 65th Terrace. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countryside | - | Merriam police report multiple trees and power lines down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countryside | - | A large tree branch around 1 foot in diameter fell into some nearby powerlines. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Countryside | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Countryside | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission | 0.8 miles | 37 | |
| Fairway | 1.3 miles | 37 | |
| Roeland Park | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Mission Hills | 2.0 miles | 38 | |
| Prairie Village | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Merriam | 2.1 miles | 37 | |
| Overland Park | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Westwood | 2.6 miles | 38 |
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 Countryside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5017065 | 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 478932. 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.
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.











