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Cecil, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Grover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72930. The Survey maps it on the Cecil quadrangle. It stands 866 feet above sea level.

Cecil within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

77 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Cecil between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,006 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined25
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
30 September 2005Natural15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 2001Debris and open burning29 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Cecil: 17 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unk Quarries 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arnold Stone CoStonePast ProducerThin-bedded sandstone
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cecil in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 13 thunderstorm wind, 11 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
February 2001Thunderstorm WindCecil$100Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCecil-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree near the intersection of Highway 41S and Highway 96.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCecil-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindCecil-Thunderstorm wind estimated to 65 mph snapped large tree limbs.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindCecil-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down trees.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindCecil-Thunderstorm wind gusted to around 60 mph.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCecil-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindCecil-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in town.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindCecil-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCecil-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down several trees.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindCecil-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew a tree down.
July 1995HailCecil-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCecil-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees.
April 2015HailCecil-no account filed
April 2014HailCecil-no account filed
April 2011HailCecil-no account filed
May 2008HailCecil-no account filed
March 2006HailCecil-no account filed
March 2006HailCecil-no account filed
January 2006HailCecil-no account filed
April 2005HailCecil-no account filed
March 2004HailCecil-no account filed
April 1998HailCecil-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindCecil-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Poping3.1 miles19
Sub Rosa (historical)3.2 miles19
Meg3.8 miles19
Anice (historical)4.1 miles25
Pleasant View5.0 miles25
Peter Pender5.5 miles19
Toney5.6 miles14
Dahoma (historical)5.8 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CecilAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5055908The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 47557. 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.