Roeland Park, Kansas
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Roeland Park City. It lies in ZIP code area 66205. The Survey maps it on the Shawnee quadrangle. 6,871 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 988 feet above sea level.
On record in Roeland Park
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Shawnee MissionNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.5 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresRoeland Park grew from 6,731 to 6,871 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 | 6,731 | |
| 2020 | 6,871 | +140 (+2%) |
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
173 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Roeland Park between 2007 and 2020, burning about 47 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 | 98 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| 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 |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 24406 |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wyandotte County | 23456 |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Roeland Park: 37 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Kirn Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roeland Park in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Roeland Park | - | Quarter sized hail reported in Roeland Park. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Roeland Park | - | Quarter sized hail reported in Roeland Park. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Roeland Park | - | Quarter sized hail was reported in northeast Lenexa. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Roeland Park | - | Minor road flooding across western Overland Park. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roeland Park | - | Emergency Management reported 60 mph wind. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roeland Park | - | A 70 mph wind gust was reported by a trained spotter near Merriam. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roeland Park | - | A 16 diameter tree was snapped in half. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roeland Park | - | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked down 10 to 15 inch tree limbs in Overland Park. The Johnson County Sheriff's Office reported large trees down in Roeland Park due to the strong thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Roeland Park | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Roeland Park | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roeland Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood | 0.8 miles | 38 | |
| Fairway | 1.1 miles | 37 | |
| Westwood Hills | 1.2 miles | 38 | |
| Mission Woods | 1.3 miles | 38 | |
| Mission | 1.4 miles | 37 | |
| Mission Hills | 1.6 miles | 38 | |
| Countryside | 1.9 miles | 37 | |
| Prairie Village | 3.2 miles | 24 |
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 Roeland Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2592299 | 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 479030. 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.











