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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.

Quakervale within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

128 since 2015

Regional 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 burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
29 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCherokee County237
29 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service177
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCherokee County166
8 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKansas Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service148
13 August 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresKansas Forest Service151
12 August 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service156
6 July 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresKansas Forest Service138

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wade MineZincPast Producer1920, 1926
Clara Jane MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1920, 1925
Galena District-Missouri-KansasZinc, LeadPast Producer1876
North EmpireZinc, LeadPast Producer1850, 1885
PaxsonZinc, LeadPast ProducerUnderground
Brugger TractLead, ZincPast Producer1935
Hartley-Grantham TractLead, ZincPast Producer1930, 1932
Henshaw TractLead, ZincPast Producer1930, 1932
MurphyLead, ZincPast Producer1850, 1885
Race Track MineLead, ZincPast Producer1920, 1925

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Riverton1.1 miles18
Lowell2.6 miles18
Quaker3.9 miles20
Baxter Junction3.9 miles18
Neutral4.0 miles21
Baxter Springs4.1 miles18
Empire City4.3 miles18
Galena4.4 miles18

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.