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Midway, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Nashville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71852. It stands on Sandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Springs North quadrangle. It stands 341 feet above sea level.

Midway within Howard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

44 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1997 and 2020, burning about 286 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use13 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Howard County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Titanium, Metal, 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
Beulah Green-Pink Green PlacerTitanium, MetalOccurrenceIlmenite
No NameClayPast Producer
Roy Leslie FarmIronPast Producer
Adolph Chanosky DepositTitaniumOccurrence
UnknownTitaniumOccurrence
Bell Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bevell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bobby Smith Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
J WatsonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Howard 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
Wakefield (historical)0.8 miles14
Amity (historical)1.9 miles14
Mineral Springs2.2 miles14
Unity2.3 miles14
Mount Olive (historical)3.4 miles14
Buck Range3.8 miles14
Nashville3.8 miles14
Forgy (historical)4.3 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.

Wikipedia article on MidwayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6843185The 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 62615. 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.