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Aplin, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Aplin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72126. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aplin quadrangle.

Aplin within Perry County

On record in Aplin

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

71 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Aplin between 1997 and 2018, burning about 1,859 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 17 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
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burning705 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionNIMROD
21 September 1997Recreation and ceremony10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2001Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry 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 Aplin: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Perry County

Storms near this place

7 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aplin in 7 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
April 1993HailAplin$50,000Several roofs and a camper were damaged by golfball-size hail.
September 2008Tornado (EF1)Aplin$20,000This tornado was spawned by Tropical Storm Ike. Trees were blown down. One large tree fell on a mobile home.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAplin$5,000Trees were blown down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAplin-Multiple trees fell in the community of Aplin.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindAplin-Law enforcement received reports of trees down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindAplin-Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindAplin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
West Aplin0.3 miles14
Deberrie3.0 miles13
Homewood3.9 miles18
Casa5.0 miles18
Ragsdale5.0 miles14
Nimrod5.3 miles13
Cherry Hill5.6 miles15
Adona6.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70456. 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.