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Cornerville, Arkansas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Mill Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71667. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cornerville quadrangle.

Cornerville within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

38 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Cornerville between 2002 and 2019, burning about 190 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined16
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2016Arson/incendiarism9.3 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

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

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

6 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornerville in 6 storm reports between 2001 and 2018: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
October 2009Flash FloodCornerville$100,000Many county roads were damaged by flooding and at least one bridge was washed out.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCornerville$2,000Trees were blown onto power lines.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCornerville-Trees were blown down on State Hwy 11 west of Cornerville.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCornerville-Several large trees limbs were blown down.
November 2001Tornado (F2)Cornerville-A strong tornado was spawned in southwest Lincoln County. The tornado damaged about 30 residences, which included both houses and mobile homes. Numerous outbuildings were destroyed, a few chicken houses were damaged and several buildings in Star City suffered damage. Hundreds of trees were also blown down. The tornado dissipated just to the northeast of Star City.
June 2003HailCornerville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Rest (historical)3.2 miles11
Branchville5.1 miles11
Palmyra5.4 miles11
Relfs Bluff6.0 miles12
Little Garnett7.4 miles12
Glendale8.2 miles11
Star City8.5 miles11
Garnett8.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76676. 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.