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McKamie, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Mars Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71860. The Survey maps it on the Buckner quadrangle.

McKamie within Lafayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

76 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of McKamie between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,132 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use5

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2011Natural37 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of McKamie: 32 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sulfur. 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
McKamie Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
UnkSilicaPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lafayette 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
Lerch1.1 miles12
Kress City5.9 miles16
Apalco6.5 miles12
Stamps6.7 miles12
Buckner7.1 miles12
Lewisville7.5 miles16
Shiloh8.6 miles12
Old Town9.0 miles14

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 Q122555634The 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 58152. 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.