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Mt. Pleasant Four Corners Burying Grounds

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.

From the record

One of 34 National Register listings published here for Johnson County · listed in 2021 · category: Site.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Fires near this property

75 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Mt. Pleasant Four Corners Burying Grounds between 2003 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning26
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
12 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson County2550120
10 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreJohnson County2530128
9 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2210055
9 August 2007Natural1.0 acresJohnson Countynot named
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKansas Forest Service2200109
29 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2410135
25 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service2370133
22 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service2340149

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Storms near this property

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gardner, the town this property stands in, in 41 storm reports between 1993 and 2018: 20 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1995Thunderstorm WindGardner1 hurtSevere thunderstorms moved across Johnson County. A 70 mph wind gust was observed at the intersection of U.S. Route 169 and 199th Street, and a 65 mph wind gust occurred near Stanley. Gusts up to 60 mph were recorded at the New Century Airport in Olathe, at the intersection of Interstate 435 and Johnson Drive. Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and limbs in Gardner and Shawnee. In Overland Park, a tree fell on a house and car, and a 60-foot tree was knocked down at 92nd and Switzer. Several streets were completely blocked by downed trees and limbs. A two-foot diameter tree also fell onto a house in Merriam, and trees, limbs, and power lines were downed in Spring Hill.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGardner$50,000Thunderstorm winds damaged barns, flipped a pickup truck and tore a roof off of a house. Lightning strikes also knocked out power to 18,000 homes in southern Johnson County.
May 2003HailGardner$50,000no account filed
May 2010Thunderstorm WindGardner$25,000A two to three foot in diameter tree was blown into a house. Windows were also blown out and cars were moved. Winds were estimated to 70 mph.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindGardner$12,000A 3 mile path of wind damage associated with strong straight line winds, or a downburst moved across the far southern portion of the county, from the Douglas county line west and southwest of Edgerton all the way to the Cass county (MO) line east of Stillwell. The damage was observed mainly along 199th street, with numerous trees broken or tipped leaning to the south. Trees were also downed in the Edgerton cemetery. A brief tornado was also attributed to this storm, crossing into the county west of Edgerton from Douglas county. (See additional entries for more information, and also see reports from Topeka - TOP.)
April 1995HailGardner$10,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGardner-A few large tree limbs were down.
May 2016Flash FloodGardner-Water was covering the road at Waverly and 175th St.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindGardner-A trained spotter reported an estimated 65 mph wind gust near Gardner, Kansas.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindGardner-Thunderstorm wind gusts were measured up to 73 mph.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGardner-A ten inch diameter tree limb was reported blown down in the Gardner Cemetary. Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated up to 70 mph.
June 2007Flash FloodGardner-Heavy rains caused 175th Street, to be closed from Highway 56 to Agnus Street. Also, rains closed 215th Street, from Edgerton Road to Moonlight Road. In addition, heavy rains closed 199th Street, from Four Corners to Highway 56.
August 2006Flash FloodGardner-High water closed 183rd Street between Sumac and Cedar.
July 2006Flash FloodGardner-High water closed County Road 500.
July 2006Flash FloodGardner-High water closed County Road 167.
June 2005Flash FloodGardner-Water over the road from Santa Fe to Cedar Nile.
July 2004Flash FloodGardner-Heavy rains caused water over the road at 183rd and Edgerton Rd.
May 1995HailGardner-A 3 mile path of wind damage associated with strong straight line winds, or a downburst moved across the far southern portion of the county, from the Douglas county line west and southwest of Edgerton all the way to the Cass county (MO) line east of Stillwell. The damage was observed mainly along 199th street, with numerous trees broken or tipped leaning to the south. Trees were also downed in the Edgerton cemetery. A brief tornado was also attributed to this storm, crossing into the county west of Edgerton from Douglas county. (See additional entries for more information, and also see reports from Topeka - TOP.)
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGardner-A Johnson County Sheriff reported wind gusts up to 60 mph near Gardner.
April 2018HailGardner-no account filed
March 2016HailGardner-no account filed
October 2014HailGardner-no account filed
April 2011HailGardner-no account filed
June 2009HailGardner-no account filed
May 2008HailGardner-no account filed
May 2008HailGardner-no account filed
May 2008HailGardner-no account filed
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGardner-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGardner-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindGardner-no account filed
August 2005Flash FloodGardner-no account filed
May 2003HailGardner-no account filed
May 2003HailGardner-no account filed
March 2002HailGardner-no account filed
February 2002HailGardner-no account filed
April 2001HailGardner-no account filed
April 2001HailGardner-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindGardner-no account filed
May 1999HailGardner-no account filed
August 1999HailGardner-no account filed
September 1993HailGardner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Johnson County

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.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Herman B. Foster House2.6 miles2007
WPA Beach House at Gardner Lake2.7 miles1992
Louis & Rachel Hammer Barn2.7 miles2022
Downtown Gardner Historic District3.0 miles2023
Lanesfield School3.1 miles1988
John McCarthy House4.5 miles2000

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100007024 in Record Group 79.
Johnson CountyAll 34 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.