Monticello, Kansas
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Shawnee City. It lies in ZIP code area 66227. The Survey maps it on the Olathe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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
- 1935 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
138 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Monticello between 2004 and 2020, burning about 146 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2710174 |
| 23 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Johnson County | 2660176 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2630164 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2630093 |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Johnson County | 2300169 |
| 14 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2260089 |
| 13 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2250036 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Monticello: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonner Springs Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bonner Springs-Plant #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Builders #2 Dredge & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muncie Plant #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Monticello in 8 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 5 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | Peak wind gust of 89 mph was recorded on a personal weather station just west of the intersection of Highway 7 and 83rd Street. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Monticello | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported near 83rd and Mize Road in far western Lenexa. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | A 50 foot tall, 4 foot diameter tree was knocked over. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Monticello | - | This report at 75th and Mize came from social media photo. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monticello | - | A trained spotter reported a 59 mph wind gust near Bonner Springs. |
| September 2021 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| April 2018 | Hail | Monticello | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Monticello | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 479186. 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.










