BlockBayou Macon, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71653. The Survey maps it on the Lake Village quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Bayou Macon
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Gregory Dipping Vatlisted 2006 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bayou Macon (historical) between 2002 and 2013, burning about 53 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashton | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Reeves (historical) | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Village | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Chanticleer | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Myrtle Grove | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lakehall | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cosgrove | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 4.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61730. 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.