Mayfield, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Goshen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72703. It lies near Vaughan Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Spring Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,214 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1900 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Eureka Springs quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Spring Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Mayfield between 1998 and 2020, burning about 101 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 April 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayfield in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2015: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | $15,000 | Several large trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind, one of which fell onto a house. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | $5,000 | Telephone poles were blown down by strong thunderstorm wind onto Highway 303, north of Mayfield. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees at the intersection of Highways 45 and 303. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayfield | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down large tree limbs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Goshen | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rochelle Riviera | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Pilgrims Rest | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Blue Springs Village | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| War Eagle Cove | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sonora | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Habberton | 5.8 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mayfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6797144 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57106. 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.
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.









