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.
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
Grinter Placelisted 1971
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
158 since 2015Regional 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/undetermined | 103 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 2470128 |
| 27 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 5021337 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 23511 |
| 18 September 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 23365 |
| 14 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 22956 |
| 12 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 22772 |
| 7 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wyandotte County | 732 |
| 5 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyandotte County | 18556 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Builders #1 Dredge & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muncie Creek Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muncie Plant #6 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Superior Sand & Gravel Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
28 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | Muncie | - | Quarter sized hail reported east of the Legends. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Downed tree and wires near Elizabeth Avenue. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Trees downed near State Avenue in Kansas City. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Downed tree limbs near 71st Terrace. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Trees down on 72nd and Riverview near the Turner Diagonal. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Several social media and spotter reports and photos of trees and power poles down near State Avenue between 78th and 94th Streets. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Very large mature tree uprooted and fell onto house at the 1500 block of North 78th Street. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Social media report and photos of several downed tree limbs near 78th and I-70. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Several reports of downed wires and power poles in the Muncie area. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Downed trees and wires near Osage Avenue and 78th Street. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Several reports of downed tree limbs and wires in the Muncie area from outflow winds. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Downed tree and wires near 64th Street. |
| October 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Downed tree and wires near Lyons Avenue. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Downed power lines from thunderstorm wind gusts near 75th Place. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Multiple reports of downed tree limbs and wires in the Muncie area. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Muncie | - | This was a MPing report. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | A trained spotter reported a measured 70 mph wind gust near Kansas City, Kansas. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | Thunderstorm wind gust was measured at 68 mph, at the intersection of I-435 and Kansas Avenue. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Muncie | - | High water was reported to have closed the intersection of 11th and Ohio Street, and also at the intersection of 11th and Minnesota. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Muncie | - | no account filed |
| February 2012 | Hail | Muncie | - | no account filed |
| April 2010 | Hail | Muncie | - | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Hail | Muncie | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Muncie | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Muncie | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Muncie | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Muncie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Point | 0.8 miles | 38 | |
| Grinter Heights | 1.3 miles | 38 | |
| Morris | 1.8 miles | 38 | |
| Turner | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| Grove Center | 3.3 miles | 38 | |
| Bethel | 4.0 miles | 37 | |
| Argentine | 4.1 miles | 37 | |
| Edwardsville | 4.2 miles | 38 |
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.











