McClelland, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cotton Plant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72006. The Survey maps it on the Gregory SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1935 USGS Gregory quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Gregory quadrangle1:62500
- 1968 USGS Gregory SW quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Gregory quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Searcy quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of McClelland between 1992 and 2005, burning about 10 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 | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | DEAD SNAG |
| 22 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | DIXIE |
| 1 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 February 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | DIXIE |
| 9 November 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 November 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Central Arkansas Refuges Complex | DIXIETNC |
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 McClelland: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kramer (historical) | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dixie | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cow Mound (historical) | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Gregory | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Flynn (historical) | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Daggett | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Little Dixie | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Maberry | 7.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 51792. 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.






