BlockMasonville, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bowie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71654. The Survey maps it on the McGehee South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 McGehee quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS McGehee quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS McGehee quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Mc Gehee SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Mc Gehee South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dumas quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Masonville between 2002 and 2011, burning about 175 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 31 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 February 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Masonville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savage Nobel Co Van Horn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Scifres A | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Masonville in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Masonville | $10,000 | Power lines were 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGehee | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Trippe Junction | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Halley | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bogota (historical) | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| McArthur | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Reed | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Arkansas City | 10.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lucca Landing | 13.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58133. 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.