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Bono, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72058. It stands on Clifton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Damascus quadrangle.

Bono within Faulkner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

101 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Bono between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,347 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined19 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Faulkner County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bono: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Faulkner County

Storms near this place

7 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bono in 7 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2008Flash FloodBono$75,000Numerous roads were flooded in Conway and throughout Faulkner County. A pickup truck was washed off Springfield Road, west of Bono, and ended up 50 yards out in a field with water up to its windows. Four occupants of the truck were rescued, uninjured, by a swift water rescue team.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindBono$40,000A barn was destroyed, several houses were damaged, and some trees were blown down.
April 2011Flash FloodBono$20,000A car was swept off the Springfield Bridge. Both occupants of the car were rescued.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindBono$5,000Power lines were blown down.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindBono-A few trees were blown down in the Mallett area.
February 2018Flash FloodBono-Springfield and Mallet town roads were closed due to flooding.
January 2007Flash FloodBono-Heavy rains flooded a county road in the community of Bono. The road was closed for a period of time.

Every storm recorded in Faulkner 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
Shady Grove1.8 miles11
Republican3.2 miles13
Wooster3.9 miles11
Martinville4.8 miles13
Greenbrier4.9 miles11
Pleasant Valley5.5 miles11
Twin Groves6.1 miles13
Soda Valley6.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57408. 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.