Elmhurst, Kansas
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Overland Park City. It lies in ZIP code area 66212. The Survey maps it on the Lenexa quadrangle.
On record in Elmhurst
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.
Campbell Dome Houselisted 2022 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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
- 1935 USGS Lenexa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Lenexa quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Lenexa quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lenexa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Lenexa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
230 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Elmhurst between 2003 and 2019, burning about 24 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 | 120 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2520115 |
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Johnson County | 2520108 |
| 8 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Johnson County | 2510188 |
| 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 |
| 3 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2460133 |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elmhurst: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monahan Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overland Park | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Lenexa | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Prairie Village | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Countryside | 3.3 miles | 37 | |
| Merriam | 3.4 miles | 37 | |
| Leawood | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Mission | 4.0 miles | 37 | |
| Fairway | 4.3 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 479212. 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.











