Maclay, Iowa

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Herdland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 51366. The Survey maps it on the Webb quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Maclay within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1954 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Fort Dodge quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Webb quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Storm Lake quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Maclay (historical) between 2006 and 2019, burning about 106 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
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	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
9 April 2019	Debris and open burning	33 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
8 April 2019	Debris and open burning	33 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
11 March 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Maclay (historical): 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Carlson Brothers Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Collins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Cornell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Niemand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Webb	3.5 miles	9
Gillett Grove	3.7 miles	7
Cornell	3.9 miles	9
Greenville	5.1 miles	7
Rossie	6.8 miles	7
Dickens	11.5 miles	7
Spencer	12.5 miles	8
Royal	13.0 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464066. 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.