BlockMackie, Kansas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66725. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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
- 1943 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Cherokee 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
- 1964 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
61 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Mackie between 2015 and 2020, burning about 378 acres in total. None 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Cherokee County | 221 |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 1500014 |
| 27 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0041 |
| 24 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cherokee County | 166 |
| 15 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 168 |
| 16 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kansas Forest Service | 18SF038 |
| 8 March 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 15-0013 |
| 7 March 2020 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skidmore | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Turck | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Roseland | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Stippville | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Carona | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Scammon | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Cokedale | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Monte Carlo (historical) | 2.5 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484470. 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.