Medina, Kansas
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1960. It stands in Kentucky Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66073. It stands on Little Wild Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle.
On record in Medina
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.
Delaware River Parker Truss Bridgelisted 2003 · 1.0 miles away
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 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Medina between 2003 and 2018, burning about 439 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 | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Jefferson County | not named |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2018125 |
| 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 |
| 9 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 124 |
| 11 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 125 |
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 Medina: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Thompsonville | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Newman | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Williamstown | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Lake Ridge | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Lakeside Village | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Hilldale South | 7.3 miles | 22 | |
| Grantville | 7.4 miles | 22 |
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 Medina | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17080758 | 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 484868. 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.








