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Anna, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1978. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72934. It stands on Blackburn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rudy NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Anna within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

73 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Anna (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,198 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning14
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsDRIFTWOOD
11 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,800 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
19 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
19 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
3 July 2012Arson/incendiarism12 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBUG SCUFFLE FIRE
18 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford 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
Lee Creek4.6 miles16
Armada (historical)4.9 miles16
Rosedale (historical)5.9 miles16
Schaberg6.2 miles16
Chester6.7 miles16
Stop (historical)6.8 miles15
Natural Dam7.9 miles16
Artist Point7.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 81944. 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.