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Grandview, Kansas

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Bonner Springs City. It lies in ZIP code area 66012. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bonner Springs quadrangle.

Grandview within Wyandotte 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

93 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Grandview between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,286 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/undetermined56
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning8
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
7 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyandotte County732
3 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKansas Forest Service639
14 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreLeavenworth County521
14 August 2015Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service209
6 July 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service359
3 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service165
27 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service510

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyandotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Grandview: 6 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
Muncie Plant #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tobin Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Underground Mine & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wyandotte County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grandview in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Rear flank downdraft winds approaching an estimated 80 mph caused widespread tree damage across the Bonner Springs area. Local storm chaser estimated 80 to 100 mph winds in association with these RFD winds.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGrandview-Trained spotter reported 60 mph wind.

Every storm recorded in Wyandotte 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
Bonner Springs0.9 miles36
Sunflower1.8 miles38
Lake of the Forest3.1 miles38
Loring3.7 miles36
Edwardsville4.2 miles38
Victory Junction4.3 miles35
Grove Center5.1 miles38
Piper5.6 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478864. 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.