Maumee, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Tomahawk Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72675. It lies near Green Haw Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Maumee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1893 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Yellville quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Bull Shoals Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Maumee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,936 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 54 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Buffalo National River | BAYHALER |
| 7 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Buffalo National River | 5034 - NPS BOUNDARY |
| 23 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo National River | MULL 2 |
| 23 July 2006 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Buffalo National River | RUSH ROAD |
| 20 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Buffalo National River | MULL 2 |
| 28 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Buffalo National River | MULL MANOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Maumee: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joe Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Big Bell Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Little Star Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Morgan Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Red Bird Mine | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Water Creek Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Churchill | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Electric | Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hazeldell | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Jackpot | Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maumee in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flood. 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 2009 | Flood | Maumee | - | Heavy rainfall at the end of the month pushed the Buffalo River at St. Joe above flood stage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomahawk | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Evening Star | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Gilbert | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Morning Star | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Zack | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lone Pine | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Duff | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Push | 7.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58135. 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.











