BlockDuncan, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Duncan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72029. It stands on East Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1935 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Clarendon quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Duncan between 1996 and 2019, burning about 142 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 December 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 October 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 October 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Duncan: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unk | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duncan in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2014: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Flood | Duncan | $10,000 | Heavy rainfall from spring rains caused the White River at Clarendon to rise above flood stage during the morning hours of the 7th. This river remained above flood stage through much of May before falling below flood stage during the morning hours of the 29th. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Duncan | $5,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down between Holly Grove and Clarendon. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Grove | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Aberdeen | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Park Grove | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Clarendon | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Burma (historical) | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Deep Elm | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Roe | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Jeffries | 7.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57686. 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.