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Elmwood, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Gaither Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle.

Elmwood within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Elmwood between 1997 and 2020, burning about 465 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
12 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2006Debris and open burning7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 2006Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 July 2006Debris and open burning5.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Elmwood: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Boone County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmwood in 1 storm report in 2024: 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindElmwood-Numerous trees were blown down across southern Boone County.

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
Watkins (historical)2.4 miles13
Gaither3.3 miles13
Mount Pleasant (historical)4.6 miles13
Bellefonte4.9 miles13
Chapman5.3 miles13
Grubb Springs5.5 miles13
Harrison5.9 miles13
Valley Springs6.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 76875. 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.