Cow Town, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Wichita City. It lies in ZIP code area 67203. It stands on Little Arkansas River. The Survey maps it on the Wichita East quadrangle.
On record in Cow Town
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 12 of 17 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Darius Sales Munger Houselisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Smyser Houselisted 2009 · 0.4 miles away
Riverside Cottagelisted 1989 · 0.4 miles away
B. H. Campbell Houselisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
Fresh Air Baby Camplisted 2007 · 0.8 miles away
North Riverside Park Comfort Stationlisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
Guldner Houselisted 2010 · 0.8 miles away
Market Street Cottagelisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
Bond-Sullivan Houselisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
Riverview Apartmentslisted 2002 · 0.9 miles away
Calvary Baptist Churchlisted 1988 · 0.9 miles away
Broadview Hotellisted 2009 · 0.9 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.
- 1889 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Wichita East quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Wichita East quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wichita East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
519 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 519 fires within 5 miles of Cow Town between 2008 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 | 340 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Fireworks | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 52163 |
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 51490 |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 50175 |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 49993 |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 56310 |
| 29 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 57628 |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 55806 |
| 27 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 57132 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cow Town: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Globe Construction Co. Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Oatville Sand & Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ritchie Sand and Dredge Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wichita | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Meadowview | 3.7 miles | 20 | |
| County Acres | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Rolling Hills | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Cessna | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Tyler | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Eastborough | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Westlink Village | 5.1 miles | 20 |
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 Q122542839 | 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 484670. 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.








