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Bend, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Howell Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72845. It stands on Cabin Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Blaine quadrangle.

Bend within Johnson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

50 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Bend between 1998 and 2018, burning about 378 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2012Natural7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Johnson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bend: 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Rv MtnStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unk Gravel Quarries 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk Quarries 3StoneProspect

Every working recorded in Johnson 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
Knoxville2.3 miles19
Piney3.4 miles19
Knoxville Junction3.8 miles20
Garrett3.8 miles19
Hickeytown5.4 miles19
Lamar6.0 miles20
Jamestown7.3 miles20
Spadra7.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 70626. 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.