Macedonia, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Magnolia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71753. The Survey maps it on the Macedonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Macedonia quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Magnolia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
95 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Macedonia between 1997 and 2020, burning about 819 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Macedonia: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Bromine. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia Plant | Sulfur, Bromine | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macedonia in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Lightning | Macedonia | $40,000 | The Rudd's Crossing Volunteer Fire Department went to a barn fire on Columbia 147 off Arkansas 271 which was started by a lightning strike. The structure was reported a total loss. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macedonia | - | A few trees were downed at a residence near the intersection of Highway 160 and Columbia County Road 205. |
| June 1997 | Flood | Macedonia | - | Several roads were inundated by rain. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Macedonia | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hunt | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Harmony | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kerlin | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rocky Mound | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Horsehead | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Dodson | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Walker | 5.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58111. 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.






