Stony Point, Kansas
38 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 Edwardsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 38 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 Bonner Springs quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Bonner Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS Edwardsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
130 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Stony Point between 2015 and 2020, burning about 96 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 | 81 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 5021337 |
| 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 |
| 4 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19062 |
| 4 August 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 19080 |
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 Stony Point: 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muncie | 0.8 miles | 37 | |
| Grinter Heights | 1.4 miles | 38 | |
| Morris | 2.3 miles | 38 | |
| Turner | 3.1 miles | 37 | |
| Grove Center | 3.1 miles | 38 | |
| Bethel | 3.5 miles | 37 | |
| Edwardsville | 3.9 miles | 38 | |
| Maywood | 4.1 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478902. 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.













