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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.

Elmhurst within Johnson County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

230 since 2003

Regional 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/undetermined120
Debris and open burning34
Smoking23
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2520092
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County2520115
9 September 2017Smokingunder an acreJohnson County2520108
8 September 2017Smokingunder an acreJohnson County2510188
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson County2480067
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2470128
3 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service2460133
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Monahan MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Overland Park0.9 miles24
Lenexa3.0 miles24
Prairie Village3.0 miles24
Countryside3.3 miles37
Merriam3.4 miles37
Leawood3.6 miles27
Mission4.0 miles37
Fairway4.3 miles37

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.