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Emon, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2000. It stands in McNeil Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71770. It stands on O'Rear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia quadrangle.

Emon within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

92 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Emon between 1998 and 2019, burning about 914 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Emon: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
Lambert & Barr,IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emon in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Flash FloodEmon-A portion of Highway 98 west of County Road 43 just west of McNeil was impassable due to high water.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
McNeil1.6 miles14
Waldo3.1 miles13
Shiloh3.2 miles13
Magnesia Springs3.5 miles14
Lamartine3.8 miles13
College Hill4.1 miles13
Saint Matthews4.7 miles13
Milner (historical)5.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57721. 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.