BlockMaddux Spring, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 13. It lies in ZIP code area 72946. It lies near Cartwright Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mountainburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1898 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Winslow #4 quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Winslow quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mountainburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Stilwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Maddux Spring between 1994 and 2020, burning about 562 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | WARLOOP |
| 27 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | CRA19125465 |
| 21 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 April 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PROVENCE |
| 19 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Ozark-St. Francis National Forests | PENSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artist Point | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Schaberg | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Winfrey | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Chester | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mount Gaylor | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Armada (historical) | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Locke | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mountainburg | 5.4 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65724. 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.