Mission, Kansas
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Mission City. It lies in ZIP code area 66202. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee quadrangle. 9,954 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMission grew from 9,323 to 9,954 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 | 9,323 | |
| 2020 | 9,954 | +631 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 37 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
- 1934 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Shawnee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
186 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Mission between 2007 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 103 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2470128 |
| 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 |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2630080 |
| 14 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Johnson County | 2570129 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Mission: 16 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 | ||
| Coyter Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Doarn Quarry and Brick Yard | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Feebeck Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Holmes Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kirn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lane Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mcgill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Turner Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mission in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2007: 5 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Mission | $500,000 | 4 to 6 inches of rain in a short period of time caused the northbound ramp to Southwest Trafficway to close. Water rescues were conducted and several homes and businesses suffered flooding. |
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Mission | - | I-35 near Turkey Creek closed due to high water.| |
| February 2007 | Flash Flood | Mission | - | I-35 near Turkey Creek closed due to high water. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Mission | - | Heavy rains closed Interstate 35 south of Lamar. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mission | - | Johnson County Fire dispatch reported a powerline down in Mission as a result of damaging severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Mission | - | Large hail reported at Parkway and Lamar Ave. |
| April 1993 | Hail | Mission | - | Hail ranging from 1.00 to 1.50 inches at 52nd street and Lamar Ave. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Mission | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Countryside | 0.8 miles | 37 | |
| Fairway | 1.3 miles | 37 | |
| Roeland Park | 1.4 miles | 37 | |
| Merriam | 2.0 miles | 37 | |
| Mission Hills | 2.2 miles | 38 | |
| Westwood | 2.2 miles | 38 | |
| Westwood Hills | 2.5 miles | 38 | |
| Mission Woods | 2.6 miles | 38 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2751231 | 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 478926. 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.











