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Grantville, Kansas

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Kaw Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66429. It lies near Franks Island. The Survey maps it on the Grantville quadrangle. 182 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 873 feet above sea level.

Grantville within Jefferson County

On record in Grantville

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

Grantville grew from 180 to 182 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
2010180
2020182+2 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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

173 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Grantville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,128 acres in total. None started naturally. 23 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/undetermined70
Debris and open burning66
Arson/incendiarism23
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
8 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee County15240
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service16182
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service213
25 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreShawnee County951
16 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service1024
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresKansas Forest Service876
5 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee County13136
25 August 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreShawnee County14401

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Grantville: 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
East Topeka Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grantville in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 6 injuries. 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 2007Heavy RainGrantville6 hurt, $50,000Heavy rain caused a smoking roof to collapse injuring 6 people...none seriously. Also, Muddy Creek is out of it's banks and is beginning to run over highway 24.
May 2007FloodGrantville$50,000Prairie Creek over road at 50th St. Water over the road at 27th and KOA. A few evacuations taking place in Grantville. A fan boat was used to aid in the evacuation effort. Highway 24 along with a few other county roads were flooded and closed.
November 1998Flash FloodGrantville$20,000no account filed
May 1995HailGrantville$15,000no account filed
June 2004HailGrantville$7,000Large hail fell across southern Jefferson county between Grantville and Perry. Some vehicles were damaged by golfball size hail as well as roofs of some homes. Extensive crop damage occurred.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindGrantville$2,000Strong winds blew a power line down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindGrantville$1,000A trained spotter reported a 2 foot diameter tree snapped near Grantville.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Grantville$1,000A tornado formed just south of Grantville and moved east for a mile over open country doing minor power line damage before dissipating.
May 2005Flash FloodGrantville$500Fast flowing water over 21st St. in Grantville.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Mping base level report of wind damage.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Three foot diameter tree down. Several large trees down at US 24 and Clark road (diameter ranges from 2-4 feet).
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Winds were 60-70 mph with multiple transformers flashing.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Personal weather station.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Tree branches 10 to 12 inches in diameter down at 31st and K-4 highway. Also a report of a 32 inch diameter tree down.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Reports of trees and limbs down across the roadway.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Measured at the Union and Pacific station.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Public reported 75 mph wind gust.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGrantville-EM reported numerous large trees damaged, carports damaged, and numerous power poles blown over.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Tree limbs 6 inches in diameter down at Clark Rd and US24.
April 2020HailGrantville-Golf ball sized hail reported.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Five foot diameter tree down on power lines. Time estimated from radar.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Tree was reported down, the size was unknown. 6 to 8 inch diameter limbs were also down.
May 2016Flash FloodGrantville-Muddy Creek in Grantville is out of its bank and quickly rising. KOA Road is closed from Highway 24 to 27th Street, due to Muddy Creek being out of its bank.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Trees blown down.
June 2011FloodGrantville-KOA Road, 1 mile north of Grantville, has 8 inches of water flowing across the road from Muddy Creek.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Emergency managers, law enforcement officers, and trained spotters reported 60 to 70 mph winds across Jefferson County. Large tree limbs were also reported down in Meriden, Grantville, Ozawkie, Alta Vista, Williamstown, and Winchester.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGrantville-A 9 inch diameter limb was blown out of a maple tree.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Power lines reported down.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindGrantville-Trailer and barn damage was reported.
October 2014HailGrantville-no account filed
May 2014HailGrantville-no account filed
May 2014HailGrantville-no account filed
April 2013HailGrantville-no account filed
May 2011HailGrantville-no account filed
April 2009HailGrantville-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGrantville-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGrantville-no account filed
March 2003HailGrantville-no account filed
May 2002Thunderstorm WindGrantville-no account filed
April 2002HailGrantville-no account filed
May 2002HailGrantville-no account filed
April 2001HailGrantville-no account filed
May 2000HailGrantville-no account filed
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGrantville-no account filed
June 1998HailGrantville-no account filed
May 1997HailGrantville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Newman5.1 miles24
Thompsonville6.9 miles24
Meriden7.3 miles19
Lake Ridge7.4 miles22
Medina7.4 miles24
Hilldale South7.8 miles22
Hilldale8.2 miles22
West Shore8.5 miles22

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 GrantvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q938486The 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 478665. 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.