Chase Kansas Map

About Chase, Kansas

Chase is a locality in Rice County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 396. The population density is 550.0 people per km². Chase is located at 38.3550°N, 98.3495°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Chase is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 67524.

Chase stretches across a flat, expansive plateau where the horizon acts as a sharp, unyielding line between the earth and the vast Kansas sky. It lies 22.5 miles east of Great Bend, KS (from Great Bend, KS: bearing 92°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west of Lyons. Spring Creek carves a narrow, verdant path through the surrounding fields, its banks lined with the gnarled, silver-barked skeletons of cottonwoods that lean against the prevailing wind. The light here possesses a particular clarity, turning the dry grasses to the color of toasted straw as the sun dips low, casting long, thin shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant, shimmering surface of Spriggs Rock Lake. In this quiet geography, the air carries the faint, sharp scent of turned soil and the dry, metallic tang of an approaching front, grounding the landscape in a stillness that feels both ancient and immediate.

Economic life in Chase remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the plains, where the industry of agriculture and the extraction of mineral wealth have defined the regional character for generations. The legacy of the land is measured in the steady pulse of harvest seasons and the quiet persistence of those who work the grit and fiber of the soil. Residents often find respite in the nearby Binger Wildlife Area, a space where the prairie grasses reclaim the silence and offer a reprieve from the mechanical hum of field machinery. The pace of existence in Chase is marked by the patient endurance of the seasons, where the history of the region is whispered in the rustle of wheat and the steady, unpretentious labor that sustains a life built upon the plains.

About This Chase Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Chase, Kansas. Coordinates: 38.355011, -98.349511. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Chase includes the ZIP code (67524), telephone area code (785), county seat of Rice County (Lyons), and school district assignment (Chase-Raymond Unified School District 401).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.