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Midway, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71602. It lies near Gum Springs Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hardin quadrangle. It stands 338 feet above sea level.

Midway within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

143 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,670 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 35 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism35
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2004Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionJEF8068585
29 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Arson/incendiarism25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Jefferson County Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
McKenzie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Doylestown2.0 miles14
Bruce (historical)2.1 miles14
Hardin2.3 miles14
Donaldsonville3.0 miles14
Oakland Heights3.6 miles14
Samples4.3 miles14
Eastwood4.3 miles14
Dexter4.5 miles16

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 Q6843190The 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 58172. 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.