BlockMacon Lake, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 71653. The Survey maps it on the Macon Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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
- 1975 USGS Lake Village NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Macon Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Macon Lake in 2011, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macon Lake in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 2 hail, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macon Lake | $100,000 | Multiple utility poles were snapped along US 65, including two concrete towers. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Macon Lake | $1,000 | Quarter to golfball sized hail occurred southeast of Dermott. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macon Lake | - | A wind gusts to 59 mph was reported from a private weather station near the Beouf River. |
| August 2001 | Hail | Macon Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxey (historical) | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Kaplin (historical) | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bowman | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| McMillan Corner | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Elmwood | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Yellow Bayou | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Panther Forest | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Dewey | 5.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77575. 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.
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.