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Macksville, Kansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Farmington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 67557. The Survey maps it on the Macksville quadrangle. 471 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,024 feet above sea level.

Macksville within Stafford County

Population over time

2 figures

Macksville fell from 549 to 471 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010549
2020471-78 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

Fires near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Macksville between 2015 and 2017, burning about 33 acres in total. 1 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 burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 June 2015Equipment and vehicle use30 acresKansas Forest Service57
21 June 2017Naturalunder an acreStafford County57
21 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreKansas Forest Service16
15 January 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresKansas Forest Service3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stafford County

Storms near this place

60 of 82 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macksville in 82 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 48 hail, 20 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 5 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2007Tornado (EF3)Macksville1 killedThis killer tornado formed just east of another large but dissipating tornado that was approaching Macksville. Unfortunately a law officer watching the dissipating tornado was unaware that this one was rapidly forming and could not get out of harms way. His car was thrown at least 1/4 of a mile and was found in a field. He died several days later from catastrophic injuries received in the crushed vehicle. EF3 damage was done to over a dozen farms, trees, machinery, vehicles, pivot irrigation sprinklers and power poles.
May 2007Tornado (EF3)Macksville1 hurtThis tornado moved out of northwest Pratt county and dissipated just south of Macksville. It did strong EF3 damage to farms, trees, machinery and vehicles. A Blazer was carried over 3/4 of a mile and was barely recognizable as a vehicle. Several dozen head of cattle were killed along with wildlife in the area. One well built home was completely swept off it's foundation.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Macksville$65,000EF1 damage was done to trees and a pivot irrigation sprinkler.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMacksville$50,000A pivot irrigation center was blown over
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMacksville-A public report of a 62 mph wind gust.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMacksville-A report of an estimated 67 mph winds came from the Public.
May 2024Heavy RainMacksville-Rainfall report of 1.87 inches.
July 2020Heavy RainMacksville-Rainfall of 2.95 inches was observed with the majority of the rain falling in a 3 hour period.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMacksville-A grain cart was overturned by the high wind.
April 2017Flash FloodMacksville-Water was across many county roads and even across parts of US 50 in Macksville. Many ditches were full of water. Also, Rattlesnake creek had risen 6 to 8 inches in a matter of hours.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMacksville-A 70 mph wind gust was estimated.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMacksville-Tree branches of 6 to 8 inches in diameter were blown down by the high wind.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMacksville-Winds were estimated to be 80 MPH.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindMacksville-Winds were estimated to be 80 MPH.
July 2008Heavy RainMacksville-Rainfall of 3.75 fell.
July 2008Heavy RainMacksville-Rainfall of 3.75 fell.
July 2008Heavy RainMacksville-Rainfall of 3.25 fell.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMacksville-High winds blew a car port 100 yards.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMacksville-Three inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
May 2007FloodMacksville-Numerous roads and streets were reported to be curb-to-curb.
May 2007FloodMacksville-A number or roads reportedly were curb-to-curb.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindMacksville-Huge cottonwood trees were uprooted. Three pivot irrigation sprinklers were overturned. Four power poles were snapped.
June 2006Tornado (F0)Macksville-A brief tornado touched down without doing any damage.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMacksville-Tree limbs blown down.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMacksville-A large tree limb was blown onto power lines knocking out power to Macksville for 11 hours
June 2000Flash FloodMacksville-Water was flowing over highway 50.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindMacksville-Five inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
May 1995HailMacksville-Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindMacksville-Power lines downed leaving Macksville without power.
May 1993Tornado (F0)Macksville-Tornado touched down for a brief time with no damage reported.
May 2023HailMacksville-no account filed
July 2023HailMacksville-no account filed
June 2018HailMacksville-no account filed
June 2018HailMacksville-no account filed
August 2016HailMacksville-no account filed
May 2011HailMacksville-no account filed
April 2011HailMacksville-no account filed
April 2011HailMacksville-no account filed
April 2011HailMacksville-no account filed
April 2009HailMacksville-no account filed
June 2009HailMacksville-no account filed
April 2009HailMacksville-no account filed
May 2008HailMacksville-no account filed
May 2008HailMacksville-no account filed
May 2008HailMacksville-no account filed
August 2007HailMacksville-no account filed
May 2007HailMacksville-no account filed
July 2006HailMacksville-no account filed
September 2006HailMacksville-no account filed
April 2005HailMacksville-no account filed
July 2005HailMacksville-no account filed
July 2005HailMacksville-no account filed
July 2005HailMacksville-no account filed
July 2005HailMacksville-no account filed
August 2005HailMacksville-no account filed
March 2004HailMacksville-no account filed
June 2004HailMacksville-no account filed
April 2002HailMacksville-no account filed
April 2002HailMacksville-no account filed
May 2002HailMacksville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stafford 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Dillwyn4.8 miles14
St. John11.4 miles15
Radium15.4 miles15
Seward17.7 miles15
Hudson19.2 miles15
Stafford19.5 miles14
Neola25.1 miles14
Zenith25.3 miles13

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 MacksvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2666579The 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 484347. 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.