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Fairway, Kansas

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Fairway City. It lies in ZIP code area 66205. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee quadrangle. 4,170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 958 feet above sea level.

Fairway within Johnson County

On record in Fairway

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Fairway grew from 3,882 to 4,170 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,882
20204,170+288 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 37 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

166 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Fairway between 2007 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined86
Debris and open burning16
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks4
Natural2

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 2017Smokingunder an acreJohnson County2520108
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2680121
22 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2650077
14 September 2017Smokingunder an acreJohnson County2570129
13 September 2007Smokingunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Fairway: 32 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Doyle Rock Company Clay PitClayPast Producer
Clark QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Coyter Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Doarn Quarry and Brick YardStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Elmer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Feebeck QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grady QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Holmes QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Inman QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kirn QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

15 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fairway in 15 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 8 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2024HailFairway-Quarter size hail was reported near Steele Road between Interstate 635 and US Highway 69.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindFairway-Broadcast Media reported several trees down in Mission, KS.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindFairway-A member of the public reported 60 to 70 mph winds.
August 2017Flash FloodFairway-KHP shut down I-35 southbound at 18th St due to flooding.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindFairway-Clark Drive was reported blocked by downed trees. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFairway-A large tree was reported down.
June 2009Flash FloodFairway-Several roads were reported to have running water on them.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindFairway-Several trees, some as large as 18 inches in diameter, were downed in Fairway.
July 2017HailFairway-no account filed
April 2013HailFairway-no account filed
June 2008HailFairway-no account filed
June 2008HailFairway-no account filed
June 2008HailFairway-no account filed
April 2002HailFairway-no account filed
August 2001HailFairway-no account filed

Every storm 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
Mission Hills0.9 miles38
Roeland Park1.1 miles37
Countryside1.3 miles37
Mission1.3 miles37
Westwood1.5 miles38
Mission Woods1.5 miles38
Westwood Hills1.6 miles38
Prairie Village2.1 miles24

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 FairwayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2319063The 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 479021. 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.