Quick City, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Rose Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64747. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quick City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Quick City quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
8,644 words on this townshipThe History of Johnson County, Missouri : Including a Reliable History of the Townships, Cities, and Towns, Together with a Map of the County; a Condensed History of Missouri; the State Constitution; an Abstract of the Most Important Laws; the Physical Features of the County; the Early Settlers and Pioneers; the Political and War History; the Religious and Educational History...statistics and Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rose Hill Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Rose Hill Township - 8,644 words.
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Quick City between 2006 and 2017, burning about 243 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 129365-05161-09142015-1628 |
| 3 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 135820-05161-04032016-1326 |
| 3 April 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 158 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 7 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134097-05161-02072016-2013 |
| 7 February 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 134096-05161-02072016-2018 |
| 17 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 January 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 117290-05161-01082015-1335 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Quick City: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Quick City in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quick City | - | Downed wires near 1225th Road east of Garden City. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quick City | - | Downed power lines with outages northeast of Quick City. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Quick City | - | Four inch tree limbs and a tree were reported down across Highway 2. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Quick City | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725023. 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.
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.








