BlockBefore

Cowell, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Pleasant Hill Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72856. The Survey maps it on the Deer quadrangle.

Cowell within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Cowell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 196 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning5
Natural4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsDEER #2
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsDEER #1
26 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHIGH NINE
20 July 2012Natural6.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsNELLIE
20 July 2012Naturalunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsHUDSON MT.
6 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsSAWMILL
4 April 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTATLOR RIDGE
3 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsRICKETTS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton 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 Cowell: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
UnkStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cowell in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCowell-Widespread wind damage across the county with numerous trees and power lines down.

Every storm recorded in Newton 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
Pleasant Hill1.1 miles14
Deer2.4 miles14
Holt (historical)4.3 miles15
Crossroad4.4 miles13
Chancel4.8 miles14
Lurton5.7 miles15
Spence Jucntion5.8 miles15
Red Rock6.7 miles13

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 Q21551226The 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 71269. 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.