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Lakeway, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72687. It lies near Pine Flat. The Survey maps it on the Pyatt quadrangle.

Lakeway within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 15 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Lakeway between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,154 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 62 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/incendiarism62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionMAR27491173
29 July 2012Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2012Natural9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 72 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 72 workings within 5 miles of Lakeway: 35 occurrences, 26 unknowns, 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Stone. 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
Beaty MineBoron-BoratesPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
Bear Hill MineLead, ZincUnknown
Big Buck ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Big Elephant MineLead, ZincUnknown
Broome CountyLead, ZincUnknown
CopperheadLead, ZincUnknown
Governor EagleLead, ZincUnknown
Lead DriftLead, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeway in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
May 2017Thunderstorm WindLakeway$20,000Public and Emergency manager initially reported damage to a farm in the Lakeway area. NWS Storm Survey was sent out to determine if it was straight-line winds or a tornado and were determined to be the former. Wind gust speeds were estimated to be approximately 80 mph. Several trees were uprooted or snapped on and near the property. Additionally, a few outbuildings sustained damage. One lost a roof while another had a trees thrown on it. A trailer was also tipped over from the winds.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindLakeway-A power line was downed.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindLakeway-Power lines were down south of Lakeway.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLakeway-Trees and power lines were down along Arkansas Highway 14.
April 1996HailLakeway-no account filed
April 1995HailLakeway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Dodd City1.5 miles15
Monarch4.9 miles16
Kingdom Springs (historical)5.8 miles17
Georges Creek6.1 miles15
Snow6.2 miles15
Peel6.5 miles16
Turkey6.5 miles16
Stone (historical)6.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57084. 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.