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Avant, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Hale Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71949. It lies near Gobblers Knob. The Survey maps it on the Avant quadrangle.

Avant within Garland County

On record in Avant

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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Avant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 788 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural7
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresOuachita National ForestBOAT RAMP
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOuachita National ForestSECTION 34
4 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National ForestSECTION 26
22 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOuachita National ForestMEREDITH #3
12 September 1993Arson/incendiarism25 acresOuachita National Forestnot named
31 August 1999Natural3.5 acresOuachita National ForestVANDERSLICE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Garland County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Avant: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Gemstone. 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
Delinde Wavellite MineGemstoneProspect1965, 1967
A C Avant AreaSilicaPast Producer
Cruse Anderson AreaSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Garland County

Storms near this place

8 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Avant in 8 storm reports between 2004 and 2016: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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
May 2013Flash FloodAvant$275,000Arkansas 7 flooded near Hot Springs Village and 6 to 8 inches of water covered Central Ave. at the U.S. 70/270 Bypass. Water eventually rose to a depth of 2 feet on some roads in Hot Springs Village. For the 24-hour period ending at 7 AM on the 31st, Jessieville measured 3.80 inches of rain.
March 2016HailAvant-Ping pong ball to tennis ball sized hail was falling in the Buckville/Avant area.
November 2011Heavy RainAvant-Washita recorded the wettest November ever. Rainfall of 13.35 inches broke the record of 11.06 inches set in 1985.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindAvant-Thunderstorm winds downed 12 large trees and damaged 2 boats.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindAvant-Numerous trees and power lines down were downed around Avant, with at least one tree on a house.
April 2010HailAvant-no account filed
March 2008HailAvant-no account filed
March 2004HailAvant-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garland 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
Bucksville (historical)2.3 miles15
Cedar Glades (historical)3.2 miles15
Mount Tabor4.3 miles14
Oakwood (historical)5.3 miles14
Crystal Springs Landing6.9 miles15
Gladstone (historical)7.2 miles14
Bear8.4 miles15
Crystal Springs8.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70479. 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.