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Dora, Arkansas

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1997. It stands in District 2. It lies in ZIP code area 72956. The Survey maps it on the Fort Smith quadrangle.

Dora within Crawford County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Dora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,492 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1998Arson/incendiarism90 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
10 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2012Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Crawford County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dora: 8 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnkStoneProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Fort Smith Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
General Inn QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jeffrey Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Crawford County

Storms near this place

2 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dora in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 1997: 2 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
February 1997Thunderstorm WindDora$100,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDora$5,000Some trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Crawford 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
Greenwood0.3 miles29
Greenwood Junction0.4 miles29
Rena4.9 miles28
Van Buren5.0 miles28
Dripping Springs5.9 miles16
Figure Five6.3 miles17
Smeltzer6.9 miles28
Eastgate Place7.4 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57675. 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.