Lenape, Kansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Sherman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66052. The Survey maps it on the De Soto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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
- 1951 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS De Soto quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
113 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Lenape between 2001 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2460114 |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2710174 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2630093 |
| 28 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2400166 |
| 13 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2250085 |
| 1 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 198 |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 191 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lenape in 10 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenape | $5,000 | Dispatchers reported that power poles were blown down near Sherman Township. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Lenape | $2,000 | Flooding in buildings was reported at Tall Oaks Christian Camp...3 miles from the intersection of Kansas Highway 10 and Kill Creek Road. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Lenape | - | Quarter size hail reported just north of De Soto in southern Leavenworth County. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Lenape | - | Six cars were stalled in the intersection due to running water. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenape | - | A tree was knocked down onto power lines at 171st and Cantrell Road. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Lenape | - | Up to four inches of water was reported over 174th Street and Hemphill Road. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lenape | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated to 60 mph. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Lenape | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Lenape | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | Lenape | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldspur | 1.5 miles | 36 | |
| Mahon | 2.8 miles | 36 | |
| Little Kaw | 3.1 miles | 36 | |
| Linwood | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Fall Leaf | 8.6 miles | 21 | |
| South Basehor | 9.1 miles | 35 | |
| Stone | 9.2 miles | 35 | |
| Reno | 9.7 miles | 23 |
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 Lenape | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20657942 | 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 484881. 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.








