Mission Hills, Kansas
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Mission Hills City. It lies in ZIP code area 66208. The Survey maps it on the Kansas City quadrangle. 3,594 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
On record in Mission Hills
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 2 records
Horn-Vincent-Russell Estatelisted 1997
Wolcott Houselisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresMission Hills grew from 3,498 to 3,594 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,498 | |
| 2020 | 3,594 | +96 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 38 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.
- 1890 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:125000, 14 printings
- 1935 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
156 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Mission Hills between 2007 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 | 80 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2520092 |
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Johnson County | 2520108 |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2680121 |
| 22 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2650077 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Mission Hills: 43 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle Rock Company Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Coyter Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Doarn Quarry and Brick Yard | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elmer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Feebeck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grady Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Holmes Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Inman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mission Hills in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | Mission Hills | - | Quarter sized hail reported near Roe and 71st. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | Tree snapped at a residence in Prairie Village. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | Downed wires and power outages reported north of Leawood near the state line. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | Downed tree limbs and wires near 62nd Terrace. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | Social media report of a downed tree on Belinder Avenue in Prairie Village. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Mission Hills | - | Quarter sized hail in Fairway. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | Five inch diameter tree limb down, estimated 60 mph wind, and power out. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | Estimated 60 mph winds with power outages in Fairway. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | Downed wires and power outages near 71st Street. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | Large tree limbs across Fairway. Power is out. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | A tree was down on Granada Lane near KCTV 5 studios in Fairway, Kansas. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | A tree limb about 12 inches in diameter came down in a yard near Prairie Village. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | A 14 to 16 inch tree was snapped and several other branches were broken from other trees near Prairie Village. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Mission Hills | - | A substantial amount of water was running through the golf course in Mission Hills. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Mission Hills | - | Heavy rains led to flash flooding and a water rescue at 6600 Indian Lane. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission Hills | - | Thunderstorm winds gusted to 60 mph, and caused six to eight inch diameter tree limbs to be downed at 63rd Street and State Line Road. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Mission Hills | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flash Flood | Mission Hills | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairway | 0.9 miles | 37 | |
| Mission Woods | 1.3 miles | 38 | |
| Westwood Hills | 1.5 miles | 38 | |
| Westwood | 1.6 miles | 38 | |
| Roeland Park | 1.6 miles | 37 | |
| Countryside | 2.0 miles | 37 | |
| Prairie Village | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Mission | 2.2 miles | 37 |
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 Mission Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2028321 | 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 479020. 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.












