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Welborn, Kansas

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Kansas City City. It lies in ZIP code area 66104. It lies near Happy Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Parkville quadrangle.

Welborn within Wyandotte County

On record in Welborn

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 40 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

145 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Welborn between 2008 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined88
Smoking14
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
29 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service24406
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWyandotte County23456
27 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service5021337
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service23511
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWyandotte County21119
18 September 2018Smokingunder an acreKansas Forest Service23365
14 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKansas Forest Service22956
12 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service22772

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyandotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Welborn: 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Perlite. 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
Lite Weight Products Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
Builders #1 Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muncie Creek Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Daniel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Green Hills QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hevalow & Shields QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Parkville Special Road Dist QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyandotte 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
Nearman1.5 miles40
Beverly Hills2.1 miles40
Bethel3.1 miles37
Pomeroy3.7 miles37
Turner4.1 miles37
Kansas City4.4 miles37
Muncie4.6 miles37
Stony Point4.6 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 478605. 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.