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Macedonia, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Herring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72833. The Survey maps it on the Danville quadrangle.

Macedonia within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

56 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Macedonia between 1994 and 2020, burning about 544 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2012Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOuachita National ForestDANVILLE MTN
29 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOuachita National ForestPOWER
12 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Macedonia: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Buford Compton Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macedonia in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2019Flash FloodMacedonia-Yell County Emergency Manager reports that there were culverts washed out along Hwy. 80.
March 2004HailMacedonia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Yell 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
Dentontown (historical)2.1 miles18
Shark2.7 miles16
Riley Creek (historical)3.6 miles17
Wing4.2 miles13
Gilkey (historical)4.8 miles13
Corinth5.0 miles17
Danville5.1 miles17
Briggsville5.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72526. 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.