BlockFrom the record
One of 10 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2017 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Maplecroft Farmstead
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
The listing
- Address. 2957 KOA Rd., Grantville, 66429
- When was it listed? October 2017
- Category. district
- Also known as. Agriculture-Related Resources of Kansas MPS
- Township. Kaw township
- National Register reference number. 100001702 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
155 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Maplecroft Farmstead between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,458 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee County | 15240 |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 16182 |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 213 |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Shawnee County | 951 |
| 16 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1024 |
| 26 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 116 |
| 25 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Shawnee County | 14401 |
| 23 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 13030 |
Storms near this property
46 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grantville, the town this property stands in, in 46 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 16 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 6 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Heavy Rain | Grantville | 6 hurt, $50,000 | Heavy rain caused a smoking roof to collapse injuring 6 people...none seriously. Also, Muddy Creek is out of it's banks and is beginning to run over highway 24. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Grantville | $50,000 | Prairie Creek over road at 50th St. Water over the road at 27th and KOA. A few evacuations taking place in Grantville. A fan boat was used to aid in the evacuation effort. Highway 24 along with a few other county roads were flooded and closed. |
| November 1998 | Flash Flood | Grantville | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Grantville | $15,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Grantville | $7,000 | Large hail fell across southern Jefferson county between Grantville and Perry. Some vehicles were damaged by golfball size hail as well as roofs of some homes. Extensive crop damage occurred. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | $2,000 | Strong winds blew a power line down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported a 2 foot diameter tree snapped near Grantville. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Grantville | $1,000 | A tornado formed just south of Grantville and moved east for a mile over open country doing minor power line damage before dissipating. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Grantville | $500 | Fast flowing water over 21st St. in Grantville. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Mping base level report of wind damage. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Three foot diameter tree down. Several large trees down at US 24 and Clark road (diameter ranges from 2-4 feet). |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Winds were 60-70 mph with multiple transformers flashing. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Personal weather station. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Tree branches 10 to 12 inches in diameter down at 31st and K-4 highway. Also a report of a 32 inch diameter tree down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Reports of trees and limbs down across the roadway. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Measured at the Union and Pacific station. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Public reported 75 mph wind gust. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | EM reported numerous large trees damaged, carports damaged, and numerous power poles blown over. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Tree limbs 6 inches in diameter down at Clark Rd and US24. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Grantville | - | Golf ball sized hail reported. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Five foot diameter tree down on power lines. Time estimated from radar. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Tree was reported down, the size was unknown. 6 to 8 inch diameter limbs were also down. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Grantville | - | Muddy Creek in Grantville is out of its bank and quickly rising. KOA Road is closed from Highway 24 to 27th Street, due to Muddy Creek being out of its bank. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Trees blown down. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Grantville | - | KOA Road, 1 mile north of Grantville, has 8 inches of water flowing across the road from Muddy Creek. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Emergency managers, law enforcement officers, and trained spotters reported 60 to 70 mph winds across Jefferson County. Large tree limbs were also reported down in Meriden, Grantville, Ozawkie, Alta Vista, Williamstown, and Winchester. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | A 9 inch diameter limb was blown out of a maple tree. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Power lines reported down. |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | Trailer and barn damage was reported. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Grantville | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001702 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 10 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- 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.