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Cornie, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Henderson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71749. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Junction City quadrangle.

Cornie within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

66 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Cornie between 1999 and 2019, burning about 445 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cornie: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Bromine. 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
Michigan Bromine Plant & MineBromineProducer

Every working recorded in Union 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
Scotland1.6 miles18
New Caledonia3.2 miles18
Junction City3.6 miles18
Wesson3.8 miles13
Foster Hill3.8 miles18
Caledonia3.9 miles18
Catesville4.2 miles18
Blanchard Springs4.2 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122540657The 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 56971. 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.