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Ard, Arkansas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Centerville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72834. The Survey maps it on the Dardanelle quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.

Ard within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

37 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Ard between 1998 and 2018, burning about 388 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Smoking1

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
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined85 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ard: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay. 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
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk Gravel Pits 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yell 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
Prosperity1.6 miles21
Pisgah1.7 miles21
Centerville2.5 miles18
Elberta3.1 miles21
Mount George3.4 miles18
Oak Grove3.8 miles21
Petit Jean3.8 miles18
Mosley4.1 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on ArdAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888731The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 67853. 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.