Grover, Kansas
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Lecompton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66050. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle. It stands 853 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1888 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Oskaloosa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1949 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
80 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Grover between 2005 and 2020, burning about 620 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 132 |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 184 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18058 |
| 13 August 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 900 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2018125 |
| 2 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Shawnee County | 663 |
| 22 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 157 |
| 22 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 77 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Grover: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamm Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Springs | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Lecompton | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Stull | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Kanwaka | 7.6 miles | 21 | |
| Clinton | 10.9 miles | 20 | |
| Midland | 11.8 miles | 23 | |
| Lawrence | 13.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bismark Grove | 14.2 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 Grover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5611501 | 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 484867. 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.








