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Macyville, Kansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Arion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66948. The Survey maps it on the Glasco NE quadrangle.

Macyville within Cloud County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Macyville in 2015, burning about 31 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
3 April 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresKansas Forest Service108
28 March 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Service107

Every fire recorded in Cloud County

Storms near this place

42 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macyville in 42 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 27 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMacyville$3,000Three 12 inch diameter tree limbs were broken from outflow winds. Tin from a shed was also blown into a field.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindMacyville-Hail to nickel size was also covering the ground.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMacyville-Personal weather station.
July 2024HailMacyville-Half dollar size hail and 55 mph wind gusts.
May 2023HailMacyville-Quarter sized hail reported.
August 2021HailMacyville-Quarter sized hail and 50 mph winds reported.
June 2020HailMacyville-Nickel to quarter size hail covering the ground.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindMacyville-Wind estimated at 65 mph. Tree damage also reported, but the extent of damage is unknown.
April 2019HailMacyville-The hail was covering the ground.
May 2019HailMacyville-The hail was reported to be the size of an oreo cookie.
May 2019HailMacyville-Predominately penny to nickel size with a few quarters size hail stones.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindMacyville-A power pole was snapped.
May 2017HailMacyville-Mostly nickel size hail stones were reported with a few quarter size.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindMacyville-Estimated wind gust.
May 2016HailMacyville-Nickel to quarter size hail.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMacyville-Estimated winds sustained at 55 mph with gusts to 70 mph, possibly higher.
September 2015HailMacyville-Wind gusts estimated up to 45 mph.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindMacyville-Wind gusts estimated.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindMacyville-Tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter down.
May 2013HailMacyville-Winds were gusty with no damage.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMacyville-A trained spotter near Glasco reported a 65 mph wind gust.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindMacyville-A trained spotter near Glasco reported a 70 mph wind gust.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMacyville-Trained spotters near Concordia reported 70 to 80 mph wind gusts. ASOS at Concordia airport measured a 61 mph wind gust.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMacyville-Trained spotters throughout Cloud County reported 60 to 70 mph wind gusts.
September 2009HailMacyville-Trained spotter reported one inch hail and estimated winds to 55 mph.
June 2009HailMacyville-Quarter size hail was reported by law enforcement.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMacyville-A trained spotter reported an estimated 60 mph wind.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindMacyville-A spotter estimated 70 mph wind gusts with numerous tree limbs down. The largest was reported to be 6 inches in diameter.
June 2019HailMacyville-no account filed
May 2019HailMacyville-no account filed
May 2016HailMacyville-no account filed
June 2015HailMacyville-no account filed
June 2015HailMacyville-no account filed
May 2014HailMacyville-no account filed
May 2012HailMacyville-no account filed
April 2010HailMacyville-no account filed
June 2010HailMacyville-no account filed
June 2010HailMacyville-no account filed
June 2010HailMacyville-no account filed
June 2010HailMacyville-no account filed
June 2009HailMacyville-no account filed
May 1998HailMacyville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cloud 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
Yuma8.3 miles14
Jamestown8.5 miles13
Glasco8.7 miles15
Concordia10.2 miles14
Cook11.7 miles13
Rosaco12.0 miles14
Oneonta (historical)12.1 miles13
Huscher12.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 484762. 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.