Greenwich, Kansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Payne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67055. The Survey maps it on the Greenwich quadrangle. 64 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,404 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Greenwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Greenwich quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Wichita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
78 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Greenwich between 2015 and 2018, burning about 74 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Butler County | 46 |
| 20 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 7135 |
| 31 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 6617 |
| 23 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 6432 |
| 1 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 5447 |
| 1 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sedgwick County | 5450 |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 40887 |
| 4 July 2015 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 5050 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwich in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Heavy Rain | Greenwich | - | Rainfall in the past 24hours of 2.10 inches. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Greenwich | - | There were at least 30 road closures and vehicle submersions with people trapped in cars in the Wichita area. One was described as floating near east 47th and Greenwood. The heavy rain continued into the early morning hours of June 1st. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwich | - | The report was relayed via twitter from Kfdi news. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwich | - | Winds measured at 62 mph was reported 2 miles west of Benton. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Greenwich | - | Cooperative observer. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Greenwich | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Greenwich | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Greenwich | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Heights | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bellaire | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Tolerville | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Kechi | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lakeside Acres | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Minneha | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Park City | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Brookhaven | 6.5 miles | 19 |
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 Greenwich | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5604815 | The 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 473873. 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.
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.







