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Barnes, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Boston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cass quadrangle.

Barnes within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Barnes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 667 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 49 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/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning12
Natural4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBIG EDDY
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCRIPPLE BRANCH
31 July 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsKIDD
26 July 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 July 2012Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin 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 Barnes: 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 Franklin County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnes in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 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
June 2010LightningBarnes$1,000Lightning struck a double-wide mobile home causing minor electrical damage.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Barnes-This tornado uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs. Based on this damage, maximum estimated wind in the tornado was 90 to 100 mph.
August 2009HailBarnes-no account filed
April 2004Thunderstorm WindBarnes-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Paradise0.8 miles15
Cass3.6 miles15
Redding3.8 miles15
Jethro4.0 miles14
Watalula4.3 miles14
Mineral Springs4.8 miles10
Pittston Junction4.8 miles10
Mountain Top4.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70515. 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.