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Macks Creek, Missouri

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Russell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65786. The Survey maps it on the Macks Creek quadrangle. 365 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 879 feet above sea level.

Macks Creek within Camden County

Population over time

2 figures

Macks Creek grew from 244 to 365 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
2010244
2020365+121 (+50%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

254 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Macks Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,875 acres in total. None started naturally. 118 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
Arson/incendiarism118
Debris and open burning115
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use56 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
14 September 2015Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservation130297-01506-09142015-2112
13 September 2019Smokingunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation179145-01506-09132019-1647
21 August 2020Debris and open burning1.2 acresMissouri Department of Conservation220643-01506-08212020-1307
20 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation220642-01506-08202020-1703
18 August 1994Debris and open burning7.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
6 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
4 July 2018Debris and open burning6.4 acresMissouri Department of Conservation177197-01506-07042018-1713

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Macks Creek: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead. 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
Marrow MineLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camden County

Storms near this place

47 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macks Creek in 47 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 22 hail, 19 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 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
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Macks Creek1 hurt, $100,000A NWS survey team determined that an EF-1 tornado with estimated peak wind speed up to 110 mph completely destroyed a mobile home and several outbuildings. Numerous trees were snapped or blown down in the path. There was one injury in the damaged mobile home.
March 2008Flash FloodMacks Creek$1,000,000Four to six inches of rain fell over Camden County. All low areas that typically flood during periods of excessive rainfall were flooded. Damage to county roads and bridges was common.
July 2019Flash FloodMacks Creek$125,000The low water crossing on Jacks Burch Drive where it crosses Macks Creek flooded. The road surface south of the crossing washed out making the bridge impassable. A structure upstream that straddled the creek was damaged and washed downstream. At least two vehicles were washed downstream from the flood waters. A home 50 yards off the creek had 2 feet of water in the home and a garage. The library in Macks Creek had water in the basement as well.
September 2019Flash FloodMacks Creek$50,000Widespread road damage occurred across Camden County due to excessive rainfall. One measurement had six and a half inches of rain falling in three hours. Several roads had road surfaces washed out and damage occurred to low water crossings.
May 2024HailMacks Creek$40,000Report of baseball size hail on Carnahan Dr.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek$25,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees along Highway W west of Macks Creek. One tree fell and damaged a roof of a house. A barn was also destroyed.
December 2018Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek$8,000The roof of a barn, located along State Highway N, was damaged.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and tree limbs in the Macks Creek area. Electric company also reported several outages in the area.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek$5,000Multiple large trees were uprooted and large branches were downed southwest of Macks Creek.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed a few power lines.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-Multiple large, 4 to 5 inch, diameter limbs were reported down by high winds.
June 2021HailMacks Creek-Quarter sized hail was reported.
July 2019Heavy RainMacks Creek-A 24 hour rainfall of 5.00 inches was measured.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-A small tree was blown downed.
May 2011HailMacks Creek-The hail fell just south of town in a mainly rural location.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-A storm spotter measured a 75 mph wind gust.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over a tree.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-Trained spotters estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-Several trees were uprooted or snapped due to severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
October 2009Flash FloodMacks Creek-A section of Upper Prairie Road flood and was impassable to motorists.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-One downed tree occurred from severe thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2018HailMacks Creek-no account filed
May 2011HailMacks Creek-no account filed
May 2011HailMacks Creek-no account filed
April 2007HailMacks Creek-no account filed
April 2007HailMacks Creek-no account filed
April 2006HailMacks Creek-no account filed
January 2005HailMacks Creek-no account filed
July 2005HailMacks Creek-no account filed
July 2005HailMacks Creek-no account filed
July 2005HailMacks Creek-no account filed
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-no account filed
November 2005HailMacks Creek-no account filed
November 2005HailMacks Creek-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-no account filed
April 2003HailMacks Creek-no account filed
July 2003HailMacks Creek-no account filed
July 2003HailMacks Creek-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-no account filed
April 2001HailMacks Creek-no account filed
April 2001HailMacks Creek-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-no account filed
March 2000HailMacks Creek-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-no account filed
November 2000Thunderstorm WindMacks Creek-no account filed
April 1996HailMacks Creek-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Camden 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
Only3.6 miles16
Branch4.3 miles17
Bannister4.8 miles20
Green Gables (historical)5.2 miles17
Pleasant Grove5.2 miles17
Bannister Ford5.3 miles20
White City6.9 miles17
Rodger Ford (historical)7.3 miles17

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 Macks CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q962608The 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 721732. 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.

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.