Ava, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Tyler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72857. It lies near Marble Hill. The Survey maps it on the Nimrod SW quadrangle. It stands 568 feet above sea level.
On record in Ava
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
Hawks Schoolhouselisted 2002
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hot Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Little Rock quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Nimrod SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Ouachita quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Ava between 1994 and 2020, burning about 532 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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/incendiarism | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | HORNET |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | BRUSH CREEK |
| 30 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Ouachita National Forest | GLENHAVEN |
| 2 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Ouachita National Forest | BLYTHE #-1 |
| 16 August 2006 | Natural | 7.5 acres | Ouachita National Forest | COVE MOUNTAIN #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ava: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beard Area | Silica | Producer | ||
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ava in 1 storm report in 2022: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | Hail | Ava | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported about a mile south of Nimrod Lake. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollis | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Fourche Junction | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Nimrod | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Deberrie | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Casa | 13.5 miles | 18 | |
| West Aplin | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| Aplin | 14.0 miles | 14 | |
| Homewood | 16.4 miles | 18 |
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 Ava | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24191764 | The 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 65184. 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.







