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Arkawana, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in District 1. It lies in ZIP code area 72653. It lies near Bald Dave. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle.

Arkawana within Baxter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

47 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Arkawana between 1997 and 2020, burning about 715 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined27 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreBuffalo National RiverCOZY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baxter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Arkawana: 8 prospects, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Gentry MineIronProspect
Johnson ProspectManganeseProspect
Mcguire QuarryDolomitePast Producer
UnkStoneUnknown
Mcguire PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcguire Quarry No.1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mountain Home PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Bald Dave ProspectLead, ZincProspect
Big John ProspectLead, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Baxter 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
Midway1.3 miles19
Three Brothers3.4 miles19
Spring Lake Estates3.8 miles18
Monkey Run4.1 miles18
Lakeview5.1 miles18
Fawn Park5.5 miles20
Amos5.6 miles18
Whiteville6.0 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.

Wikidata item Q122564506The 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 76195. 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.