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Frisbie, Kansas

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Shawnee City. It lies in ZIP code area 66226. The Survey maps it on the Bonner Springs quadrangle.

Frisbie within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 36 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

110 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Frisbie between 2003 and 2020, burning about 149 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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/undetermined62
Debris and open burning24
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2710174
23 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreJohnson County2660176
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2630164
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2630093
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County2300169
13 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2250036
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2250085

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Frisbie: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Bonner Springs Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bonner Springs-Plant #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Builders #2 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Underground Mine & MillStone, 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
Wilder2.2 miles38
Monticello2.5 miles26
Zarah3.4 miles38
Cedar3.5 miles22
Chouteau3.8 miles38
Holliday4.5 miles38
De Soto5.0 miles22
Craig5.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484872. 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.