Grinter Heights, Kansas
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Kansas City City. It lies in ZIP code area 66111. It stands on Little Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Edwardsville quadrangle.
On record in Grinter Heights
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Grinter Placelisted 1971 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 38 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.
- 1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1934 USGS Bonner Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Bonner Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
156 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Grinter Heights between 2015 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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/undetermined | 100 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2470128 |
| 23 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Johnson County | 2660176 |
| 18 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 23365 |
| 12 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 22772 |
| 7 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyandotte County | 732 |
| 5 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyandotte County | 18556 |
| 4 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19062 |
| 4 August 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19080 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Grinter Heights: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Muncie Creek Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muncie Plant #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Superior Sand & Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris | 1.1 miles | 38 | |
| Muncie | 1.3 miles | 37 | |
| Stony Point | 1.4 miles | 38 | |
| Grove Center | 2.1 miles | 38 | |
| Edwardsville | 3.1 miles | 38 | |
| Turner | 3.2 miles | 37 | |
| Lake of the Forest | 4.1 miles | 38 | |
| Argentine | 4.9 miles | 37 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595011 | 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 478889. 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.













