Myron, Arkansas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Jefferson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72513. The Survey maps it on the Myron quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1957 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Poplar Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Myron quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Cherokee Village quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
143 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Myron between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,634 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 66 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 | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Myron: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen C.Brewster Property | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unk | Stone | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Myron in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2009: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love (historical) | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Franklin | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Day | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Horseshoe Bend | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wiseman | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Violet Hill | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Zion | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| New Liberty | 9.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58234. 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.
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.




