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Burlington, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Long Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72662. The Survey maps it on the Omaha quadrangle.

Burlington within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

30 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Burlington between 1999 and 2020, burning about 508 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
Arson/incendiarism10
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 July 2012Debris and open burning40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Burlington: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Duffield Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Carrollton Lode ClaimZincOccurrenceSmithsonite, Sphalerite
Josie B. MineZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burlington in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
April 2015Tornado (EF1)Burlington$500,000The tornado started 2.5 miles southwest of Burlington and tracked generally east to just past the new US Hwy 65. The tornado then dropped southeast before lifting 3 miles southwest of Myrtle. Homes were damaged off of old Hwy 65, and several buildings at the Arkansas Baptist Boys Ranch were damaged. Some chicken houses were damaged, along with several trees snapped or uprooted along the path.
June 2017HailBurlington-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBurlington-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Shaver (historical)2.6 miles12
Lick Branch3.4 miles12
Prosperity3.5 miles12
Ridgeway4.4 miles12
Cricket5.0 miles12
Omaha5.4 miles12
Bear Creek Springs6.1 miles12
Little Arkansaw6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76468. 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.