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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.

Myron within Izard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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 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/incendiarism66
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2007Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Izard County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Glen C.Brewster PropertyManganeseOccurrence
UnkStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Izard County

Storms near this place

4 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMyron-Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and some power poles.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMyron-Trees down.
June 2009HailMyron-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindMyron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Izard 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
Love (historical)2.5 miles9
Franklin3.8 miles10
Day4.0 miles9
Horseshoe Bend4.4 miles10
Wiseman6.8 miles10
Violet Hill7.5 miles10
Zion7.9 miles9
New Liberty9.3 miles10

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.