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.
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.
Welborn Community Congregational Churchlisted 2013 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 40 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
- 1943 USGS Quindaro quadrangle1:31680
- 1948 USGS Parkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Parkville 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
- 1964 USGS Parkville quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1983 USGS Kansas City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Parkville quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Parkville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
145 since 2008Regional 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/undetermined | 88 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 27 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 5021337 |
| 20 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 23511 |
| 2 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wyandotte County | 21119 |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lite Weight Products Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Builders #1 Dredge & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muncie Creek Dredge & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Daniel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Green Hills Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hevalow & Shields Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Parkville Special Road Dist Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nearman | 1.5 miles | 40 | |
| Beverly Hills | 2.1 miles | 40 | |
| Bethel | 3.1 miles | 37 | |
| Pomeroy | 3.7 miles | 37 | |
| Turner | 4.1 miles | 37 | |
| Kansas City | 4.4 miles | 37 | |
| Muncie | 4.6 miles | 37 | |
| Stony Point | 4.6 miles | 38 |
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.












