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McDermott Addition, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Magness Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72007. It lies near Haymes Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Springs quadrangle.

McDermott Addition within Lonoke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

72 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of McDermott Addition between 1997 and 2017, burning about 1,821 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning27
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
5 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2012Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lonoke County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of McDermott Addition: 6 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sandstone, Dimension. 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
Bauxite ExplorationAluminumOccurrenceBauxite
Beryl Pit & PlantSilicaPast Producer
Mrs. Arthur Palmer FarmSandstone, DimensionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lonoke 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
De Boer0.8 miles11
Woodlawn Addition1.1 miles11
Mountain Springs1.4 miles11
Bailey Addition1.5 miles11
Camelot Acres1.7 miles11
Ridgecrest1.8 miles11
Spring Valley1.9 miles11
Wildwood2.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 61220. 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.