Sunset Park, Kansas
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Manhattan City. It lies in ZIP code area 66502. It lies near Longview Hill. The Survey maps it on the Manhattan quadrangle.
On record in Sunset 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 9 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Landmark Water Towerlisted 2017 · 0.6 miles away
Daniel and Maude Walters Houselisted 2012 · 0.6 miles away
Grimes Houselisted 1997 · 0.7 miles away
McFarlane-Wareham Houselisted 2004 · 0.7 miles away- Alten-Peak Houselisted 2025 · 0.3 miles away
- Viking Manufacturing Company Buildinglisted 2022 · 0.8 miles away
- Rex Arms Apartmentslisted 2025 · 0.9 miles away
- KSAC Radio Towerslisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away
- Jesse Ingraham Houselisted 2014 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 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.
- 1886 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1889 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Junction City quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1947 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
136 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Park between 2003 and 2020, burning about 3,388 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 52 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Fireworks | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Riley County | 1674 |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 241 |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 264 |
| 5 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 33 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 18507 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1379 |
| 29 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1570 |
| 7 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1193 |
| 7 July 2018 | Fireworks | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1194 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sunset Park: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reichling Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manhattan | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| Bluemont Hill | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Fairmont | 2.5 miles | 27 | |
| Eureka Lake | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Rocky Ford | 4.3 miles | 27 | |
| Elm Hollow Corner | 6.2 miles | 25 | |
| Keats | 6.8 miles | 25 | |
| Ogden | 7.3 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 476377. 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.












