Keelville, Kansas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lyon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66713. The Survey maps it on the Melrose quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1918 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Melrose quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Keelville between 1995 and 2020, burning about 327 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 were 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Miami Agency | TOMLISON |
| 22 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Miami Agency | VINE |
| 29 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Miami Agency | CRAWFISH |
| 11 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 222 |
| 24 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 133 |
| 9 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.3 acres | Miami Agency | LEAD LAKE |
| 19 March 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.5 acres | Miami Agency | 3 GUYS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 42 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Keelville: 36 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stover Tract | Zinc | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dale Epersons Trucking Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| A. E. Van Tebra Land | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1944 | |
| Bendelari Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1919, 1921 | |
| Burns Tract | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | 1947 | |
| Chubb-Stoskopf Lease | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1930, 1932 | |
| Coffee West | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1944 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melrose | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cravensville | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Treece (historical) | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Faulkner | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Neutral | 8.2 miles | 21 | |
| Baxter Junction | 9.4 miles | 18 | |
| Commonwealth | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Baxter Springs | 9.9 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Keelville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18153895 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484433. 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.










