Quakervale, Kansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Spring Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 66770. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baxter Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Baxter Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
128 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Quakervale (historical) between 2015 and 2020, burning about 472 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cherokee County | 237 |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 177 |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cherokee County | 166 |
| 8 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 148 |
| 13 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 151 |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 156 |
| 6 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kansas Forest Service | 138 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Quakervale (historical): 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Mine | Zinc | Past Producer | 1920, 1926 | |
| Clara Jane Mine | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1920, 1925 | |
| Galena District-Missouri-Kansas | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1876 | |
| North Empire | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | 1850, 1885 | |
| Paxson | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Brugger Tract | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1935 | |
| Hartley-Grantham Tract | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1930, 1932 | |
| Henshaw Tract | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1930, 1932 | |
| Murphy | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1850, 1885 | |
| Race Track Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1920, 1925 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton | 1.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lowell | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Quaker | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Baxter Junction | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Neutral | 4.0 miles | 21 | |
| Baxter Springs | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Empire City | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Galena | 4.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1744569. 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.









