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McJester, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Township 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72121. The Survey maps it on the Pangburn quadrangle.

McJester within Cleburne County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

96 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of McJester between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,275 acres in total. 5 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2010Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleburne County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of McJester: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Williamson Gully ProspectManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleburne 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
Hiram2.6 miles9
Rainbow Island3.1 miles9
Wilburn4.4 miles15
Tyler (historical)4.6 miles15
West Pangburn4.6 miles10
Snell5.8 miles10
Libby (historical)7.1 miles10
Tumbling Shoals9.2 miles15

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 Q122545387The 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 58151. 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.