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McHue, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in McHue Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72501. It stands on Muddy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

McHue within Independence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

55 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of McHue between 1999 and 2020, burning about 992 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 September 2004Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Debris and open burning42 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Independence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of McHue: 10 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Iron. 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
GreenfieldManganeseUnknown
UnkIronUnknown
Crusher #2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rocky Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
UnkStoneUnknown
Galloway Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Independence 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
Southside1.9 miles17
Jamestown2.5 miles18
Clearview Estates3.1 miles18
Desha3.2 miles18
Dennison Heights3.2 miles18
Salado3.3 miles17
Bryant3.4 miles18
Riverview3.4 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122547222The 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 58150. 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.