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Dogwood, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Davis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72150. The Survey maps it on the Leola quadrangle.

Dogwood within Grant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

117 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Dogwood between 1997 and 2020, burning about 563 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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 burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural8
Smoking4
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 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burning8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Smoking2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grant County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Dogwood: 23 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Skorza PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Grant County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dogwood in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 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
April 2011Flash FloodDogwood$1,000Water covered Grant County 8.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDogwood-Several trees were blown down. A house sustained roof damage, and a camper was flipped over.

Every storm recorded in Grant 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
Turin (historical)3.5 miles9
Thiel4.8 miles9
Carver5.1 miles9
Arthur (historical)5.1 miles8
Prattsville5.6 miles8
Leola5.8 miles9
Cherry Grove (historical)6.1 miles9
Cross Roads6.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 56992. 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.