BlockMixon, Arkansas
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72927. The Survey maps it on the Golden City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1934 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:48000
- 1934 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:62500
- 1939 USGS Booneville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Golden City quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
101 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Mixon between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,100 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | FLAT ROCK |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 43 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ouachita National Forest | GOLDEN CITY |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mixon in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mixon | $20,000 | A cooperative observer reported that a tree fell on a building and some power lines. |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | Mixon | - | Recorded at the Petit Jean River Gauge 3 miles SSE of Booneville, 4.24 inches of rain fell from 6 pm CST to midnight CST. Of that amount, 2.15 inches fell in one hour between 10 pm CST and 11 pm CST, 1.40 inches fell in one hour between 11 pm CST and midnight CST, and 0.54 inches fell between 6 pm CST and 7 pm CST. |
| September 2020 | Heavy Rain | Mixon | - | The automated gauge on the Petit Jean River south southeast of Booneville measured 3.94 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Golden City | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Booneville | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Sugar Grove | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Mountain Grove | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Carolan | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Cauthron | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Magazine | 5.7 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72704. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.