Majors, Arkansas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71921. It stands on Little Antoine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chalybeate Mountain West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1943 USGS Antoine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Chalybeate Mtn West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Arkadelphia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Majors between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,159 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2012 | Natural | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 40 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Majors: 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Antimony, Ltd. | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Atlas Quicksilver | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Bemis Hill | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Clark's Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Featherstone | Mercury | Occurrence | Mercury | |
| Hill 2 | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Hill 3 | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Hill 34 | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar | |
| Holmes | Mercury | Past Producer | Cinnabar |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Majors in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2009: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2007 | Flash Flood | Majors | $15,000 | Heavy rains from thunderstorms caused a bridge on Center Ridge Road at Rowe Creek to flood. The location was about a mile and a half south of Amity. A car was washed off the bridge, but the motorist escaped uninjured. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Majors | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amity | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Alpine | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Graysonia | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fendley | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Elm (historical) | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Lenox | 11.0 miles | 10 | |
| Clear Spring | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Halfway | 12.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57104. 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.






