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May, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in District 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72617. It lies near Round Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Landis quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

May within Stone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of May (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,751 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 96 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/incendiarism96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTRASH
30 September 1994Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
29 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsFLAT
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSPRING
15 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGARAGE
15 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stone County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of May (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
Earl Sword PropertyManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Stone 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
Onia5.4 miles15
Alco6.1 miles15
Oga (historical)6.3 miles15
Pleasant Hill6.6 miles15
Timbo8.3 miles15
Big Springs8.6 miles15
Harness8.9 miles15
Hedges (historical)9.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 65833. 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.