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Cricket, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Omaha Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72662. It lies near Pinrod Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Omaha quadrangle.

Cricket within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Cricket between 1992 and 2020, burning about 743 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning11
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 August 2014Debris and open burning25 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionBOO19078654
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2011Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cricket: 1 producer, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Duffield Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Carrier ProspectZincProspect
Josie B. MineZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cricket in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2013Flash FloodCricket$600,000Flash flooding occurred on many roads in Boone County, and many low-water crossings were under water. In the Harrison area, U.S. 65 was blocked off due to water over the road, and Arkansas 7 had 4 feet of water over it. Water from Bear Creek flowed over the bridge on Arkansas 14 and deposited debris on the roadway. Water surrounded a mobile home in Omaha, but the fire department got the 83 year-old occupant out.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCricket$1,000A tree was blown down onto U.S. 65.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindCricket-Multiple trees and powerlines were blown down across Arkansas 14.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCricket-Trees were blown down. Debris was in the road on Highway 65, about a mile north of Tower Road.
May 2017HailCricket-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boone 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
Omaha0.8 miles12
Crest2.4 miles12
New Hope3.8 miles12
Burlington5.0 miles12
Self6.1 miles13
Shaver (historical)7.1 miles12
Bellville7.7 miles13
Lowry8.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56974. 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.