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Bunn, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bunn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71725. It stands on Boyd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bunn quadrangle.

Bunn within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

39 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Bunn between 1998 and 2016, burning about 406 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
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
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2008Arson/incendiarism15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2008Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2003Arson/incendiarism25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bunn: 6 unknowns, 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, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bunn in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2008: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 2008Tornado (EF0)Bunn-Only some tree damage was noted. The tornado exited Dallas County, north-northeast of Carthage, and entered Grant County, south-southeast of Leola.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBunn-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindBunn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Carthage6.0 miles8
Saline (historical)6.1 miles9
Princeton7.0 miles16
Ivan7.2 miles12
Farindale7.8 miles9
Welchs Shop (historical)8.9 miles8
Ivy8.9 miles9
Cooney9.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47186. 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.