BlockMaddox, Arkansas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71968. The Survey maps it on the Pearcy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pearcy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Maddox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 702 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 32 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 burning | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BEAR RIFLE RANGE |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Ouachita National Forest | MEYERS |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Maddox: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Slate, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maddox in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 3 tornado. The reports record 19 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Maddox | 10 hurt, $5,000,000 | This tornado affected areas around the Bear community, Brady Mountain Rd., the eastern end of Lake Ouachita, and Lake Ouachita State Park. A Red Cross survey indicated approximately 1 house destroyed, 4 houses and 3 mobile homes with major damage, 16 houses and 9 mobile homes with minor damage, and 3 houses and 1 mobile home affected. A large metal building that once housed a golf academy sustained severe damage, with the roof torn off and metal girders twisted. A camping trailer was blown into a field and destroyed. Several outbuildings were destroyed. Hundreds of trees were knocked down or snapped off. Numerous power lines were blown down. Considerable damage occurred at Lake Ouachita State Park. A portion of the tornado's track was determined during an aerial survey by the Arkansas Forestry Commission. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF2) | Maddox | 9 hurt, $3,000,000 | A tornado affected the area around Old Dallas Rd. and the Sunshine community. A Red Cross survey indicated 1 house and 8 mobile homes were destroyed, 4 houses and 4 mobile homes suffered major damage, and 19 houses and 9 mobile homes had minor damage. Numerous outbuildings were destroyed. A travel trailer was pushed onto a car. Hundreds of trees were blown down or snapped off, and numerous power lines were blown down. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Maddox | $500,000 | An EF1 tornado damaged several houses, mostly on their roofs, but one house lost a room that had been added on. A mobile home and two travel trailers were destroyed, and another mobile home had one end torn off. A few barns and outbuildings were destroyed. A falling tree crushed a van and another went through the roof of a mobile home. Numerous large trees were snapped off or blown down. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72534. 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.