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Stilwell, Kansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Aubry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66085. The Survey maps it on the Stilwell quadrangle. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.

Stilwell within Johnson County

On record in Stilwell

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

90 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Stilwell between 2006 and 2019, burning about 131 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning29
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Other causes3
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County2480037
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
27 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2700111
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
4 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson County2160042
30 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJohnson County1890137
19 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stilwell: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Blue Valley MinesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blue Valley MinesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stilwell in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 8 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2006HailStilwell$200,000Roof and car damage from the large hail.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindStilwell$75,000A four block area in Stilwell, had around one dozen large trees knocked down, with a few of them landing on homes. Multiple power poles were snapped off, with resultant power outages across town. One front porch was knocked a little off the foundation of a home. The downburst had thunderstorm winds estimated up to 80 mph.
March 1993Thunderstorm WindStilwell$5,000A barn was blown down by the high winds just west of Stilwell.
June 2024HailStilwell-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported southeast of Stilwell.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindStilwell-Large tree downed on a house, causing significant roof damage.
May 2002Flash FloodStilwell-Roads flooded 164th street and Nall. Basement flooding in the same area.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindStilwell-8 inch diameter tree blown down.
July 2021HailStilwell-no account filed
October 2014HailStilwell-no account filed
April 2003HailStilwell-no account filed
May 2003HailStilwell-no account filed
April 2001HailStilwell-no account filed
July 2001HailStilwell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson 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
Aubry0.8 miles20
Redel4.4 miles20
Stanley5.9 miles20
Kenneth6.4 miles22
Morse6.6 miles20
Ocheltree8.5 miles20
Bonita8.9 miles20
Spring Hill9.1 miles17

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 StilwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7617346The 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 479569. 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.