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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.

Maumee within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

118 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 July 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBuffalo National RiverBAYHALER
7 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBuffalo National River5034 - NPS BOUNDARY
23 July 2012Naturalunder an acreBuffalo National RiverMULL 2
23 July 2006Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBuffalo National RiverRUSH ROAD
20 July 2012Naturalunder an acreBuffalo National RiverMULL 2
28 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 June 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresBuffalo National RiverMULL MANOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
St Joe QuarryStoneProducer
Big Bell MineLead, ZincUnknown
Little Star ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Morgan ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
Red Bird MineLead, ZincUnknown
Water Creek ProspectLead, ZincOccurrence
ChurchillZincPast Producer
ElectricZincPast Producer
HazeldellZincProspect
JackpotZincProspect

Every working recorded in Searcy County

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2009FloodMaumee-Heavy rainfall at the end of the month pushed the Buffalo River at St. Joe above flood stage.

Every storm recorded in Searcy County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tomahawk3.2 miles17
Evening Star5.6 miles16
Gilbert5.8 miles17
Morning Star6.2 miles15
Zack6.6 miles17
Lone Pine7.1 miles15
Duff7.1 miles16
Push7.6 miles16

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.