Bonair, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Franks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72335. The Survey maps it on the Haynes quadrangle.

Bonair within St. Francis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

1940 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Haynes quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Helena quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

31 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Bonair between 1997 and 2017, burning about 527 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 burning	13
Arson/incendiarism	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
28 September 1998	Debris and open burning	63 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	29 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
25 July 2003	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 June 1998	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
16 June 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
12 April 2003	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 April 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	18 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 April 2000	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francis County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Bonair: 5 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Colvins Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francis 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Heustess	1.4 miles	16
Poplar Grove	1.7 miles	16
Monica	3.2 miles	16
Redfern	3.8 miles	16
Elcana	3.9 miles	16
Forrest City	4.0 miles	12
Becks	4.2 miles	16
Bryanville	4.3 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 83088. 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.