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Cowan, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Marion County Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72687. It lies near Bald Jesse. The Survey maps it on the Yellville quadrangle.

Cowan within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Cowan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,600 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking1
Natural1

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 1998Arson/incendiarism80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 May 2012Equipment and vehicle use40 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Cowan: 12 unknowns, 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Jefferson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
UnknownZinc, LeadUnknown
Unknown QuarryStoneUnknown
A OgdenSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ck OperSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jefferson Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jewell DSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marion County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marion County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Ralph1.5 miles16
Yellville4.1 miles16
Caney4.9 miles17
Rush4.9 miles17
Big Springs (historical)5.1 miles16
Sylvia (historical)5.2 miles16
Freck5.5 miles17
Summit5.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57594. 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.