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Cravens, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Cravens Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It stands on Possum Trot Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cravens quadrangle.

Cravens within Franklin 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

111 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Cravens between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,733 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 22 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
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
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
7 September 2001Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2003Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use9.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cravens: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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
UnkStonePast Producer
White Oak Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cravens in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindCravens$20,000Strong thunderstorm wind damaged the roof of a home, and damaged the roof and siding of several outbuildings.
April 2025Flash FloodCravens-The intersection of Wire Road and Twisted Oak Lane was flooded, as were portions of other county roads northwest of Ozark.
February 2023HailCravens-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
Lone Elm2.6 miles14
Felkner Town3.0 miles14
White Oak3.1 miles14
Toney3.2 miles14
White Rock3.6 miles14
Jethro4.4 miles14
Watalula5.0 miles14
Mountain Grove6.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 71275. 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.