BlockMyersville, Arkansas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lafferty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72561. It lies near Lafferty Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Guion quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1890 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Guion quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Batesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
180 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Myersville between 1997 and 2020, burning about 5,410 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 105 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/incendiarism | 105 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 79 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Myersville: 49 past producers, 13 unknowns, 6 occurrences, 6 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Limestone Co. | Limestone, Dimension, Aluminum, Stone | Unknown | Bedded high calcium limestone | |
| Canard-Cajun | Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | ||
| E.B.Matheson | Iron | Producer | ||
| Guion Mine & Plant | Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Massive bedded St. Peter Sandstone | |
| Mcbride Mines | Marble, Dimension, Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Rangaire Love Hollow Mine | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Williamson Property | Limestone, High Calcium | Unknown | Bedded limestone | |
| Lafferty Creek Manganese Limestone | Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Meyersville Spur | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81881. 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.