Grove, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66539. The Survey maps it on the Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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 Topeka quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Topeka quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Grove quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Grove between 2015 and 2019, burning about 756 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 15 |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee County | 219 |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 141 |
| 19 August 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 236 |
| 11 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 232 |
| 9 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 200 |
| 19 June 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 174 |
| 15 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shawnee County | 95 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grove in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Hail | Grove | - | Delayed report. Size was estimated from photo online. Time and location was estimated as well. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Grove | - | The intersection of 86th and Carlton rd is closed due to flooding. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Grove | - | Residents being evacuated due to flooding along the little Soldier creek. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Grove | - | The intersection of 86th and Valencia rd is impassible. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grove | - | Several 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs were reported broken. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2015 | Hail | Grove | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Grove | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | 4.4 miles | 20 | |
| Rossville | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Kiro | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Valencia | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Willard | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Menoken | 7.6 miles | 20 | |
| Elmont | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| North Topeka | 12.1 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484851. 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.






