BlockKackley, Kansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Beaver Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66948. The Survey maps it on the Kackley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Concordia quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Manhattan quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Kackley quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Concordia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Kackley between 2015 and 2018, burning about 20 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 | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500014 |
| 10 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1500011 |
| 26 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 1800004 |
| 19 January 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1600002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kackley in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2015: 13 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF2) | Kackley | - | This tornado initially developed across extreme southwest Republic county before tracking northeast across the county. The worst damage was done to a ethanol plant just southwest of Scandia and to a home just north of Scandia where EF2 damage was noted. Otherwise, while having a wide damage path that approached 1/2 mile at times the damage was in the EF0 to EF1 range to structures in its path. This tornado was visually wide however damage pattern suggested that the wide vortex was likely not entirely on the ground at all times and that smaller vortices were likely responsible for more extensive tree damage noted from time to time within the larger damage path. It is also surmised that this tornado was actually the result of a 2-3 occlusions which would mean that this tornado could have actually been 2-3 different tornadoes along its path and life cycle however lack of damage indicators and inconclusive radar data keep this a hypothesis. The tornado damage path did extend into Nebraska. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kackley | - | A 2 foot diameter hackberry tree was split in half. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Kackley | - | The hail measured 2.2 inches. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kackley | - | A spotter estimated winds to 60 mph. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Kackley | - | A continuous swath of quarter to golf ball size hail was reported by several trained spotters and law enforcement officers. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| September 2009 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Kackley | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Kackley | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Courtland | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Scandia | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Rydal | 10.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sherdahl | 11.1 miles | 13 | |
| White Rock | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Talmo | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| Belleville | 14.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 473080. 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.
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.