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Muncie, Kansas

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Kansas City City. It lies in ZIP code area 66111. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee quadrangle.

Muncie within Wyandotte County

On record in Muncie

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 37 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

158 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Muncie between 2015 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined103
Smoking17
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2470128
27 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service5021337
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service23511
18 September 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service23365
14 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service22956
12 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service22772
7 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWyandotte County732
5 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyandotte County18556

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyandotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Muncie: 5 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lone Star Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Builders #1 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muncie Creek Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muncie Plant #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Superior Sand & Gravel DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wyandotte County

Storms near this place

28 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Muncie in 28 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026HailMuncie-Quarter sized hail reported east of the Legends.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree and wires near Elizabeth Avenue.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Trees downed near State Avenue in Kansas City.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree limbs near 71st Terrace.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Trees down on 72nd and Riverview near the Turner Diagonal.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Several social media and spotter reports and photos of trees and power poles down near State Avenue between 78th and 94th Streets.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Very large mature tree uprooted and fell onto house at the 1500 block of North 78th Street.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Social media report and photos of several downed tree limbs near 78th and I-70.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Several reports of downed wires and power poles in the Muncie area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed trees and wires near Osage Avenue and 78th Street.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Several reports of downed tree limbs and wires in the Muncie area from outflow winds.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree and wires near 64th Street.
October 2024Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed tree and wires near Lyons Avenue.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Downed power lines from thunderstorm wind gusts near 75th Place.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Multiple reports of downed tree limbs and wires in the Muncie area.
May 2020HailMuncie-This was a MPing report.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Significant damage to a few homes occurred when trees fell onto them following 80 mph winds through the area. Two of the homes were destroyed, and 11 others received lesser damage. Several other homes received minor damage. Damage estimates from this event are unknown.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindMuncie-A trained spotter reported a measured 70 mph wind gust near Kansas City, Kansas.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindMuncie-Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 68 mph, at the intersection of I-435 and Kansas Avenue.
August 2009Flash FloodMuncie-High water was reported to have closed the intersection of 11th and Ohio Street, and also at the intersection of 11th and Minnesota.
March 2017HailMuncie-no account filed
February 2012HailMuncie-no account filed
April 2010HailMuncie-no account filed
July 2010HailMuncie-no account filed
March 2009HailMuncie-no account filed
May 2009HailMuncie-no account filed
April 2008HailMuncie-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMuncie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wyandotte County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Stony Point0.8 miles38
Grinter Heights1.3 miles38
Morris1.8 miles38
Turner2.3 miles37
Grove Center3.3 miles38
Bethel4.0 miles37
Argentine4.1 miles37
Edwardsville4.2 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478967. 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.