Kenneth, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Overland Park City. It lies in ZIP code area 66224. It stands on Negro Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1887 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Belton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Belton quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Belton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Kenneth between 2006 and 2019, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2480037 |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2450113 |
| 15 September 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Johnson County | not named |
| 12 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Johnson County | 2550029 |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2540028 |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2540058 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kenneth: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Valley Mines | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Valley Mines | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenneth in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Flash Flood | Kenneth | - | Numerous reports of flooded roadways and water rescues across Johnson County between 10:30 am and 12 pm CDT. |
| August 2017 | Flood | Kenneth | - | A family was stranded on a roof at 151st and Kenneth. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Kenneth | - | During the evening of March 6 a squall line with embedded supercells and mesovortices moved through the Kansas City Metro, causing widespread wind damage. Embedded within the squall line was at least one tornado that formed on the Kansas side of the Kansas City metro, and it caused some minor structural damage in Leawood, Kansas. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenneth | - | A large tree was split in two, with many other tree limbs reported down. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 60 mph. |
| June 1997 | Flood | Kenneth | - | Heavy rains during thunderstorms produced road flooding in parts of southeast Johnson County. Water covered Kenneth Road along Negro Creek. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 479579. 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.









