Etna, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Wittich Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. The Survey maps it on the Caulksville quadrangle.

Etna within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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.

1887 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000
1887 USGS Magazine Mountain #2 quadrangle1:62500
1890 USGS Magazine Mountain quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Caulksville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Caulksville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

64 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Etna between 1997 and 2020, burning about 577 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Arson/incendiarism	13
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2010	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	70 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	8.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	3.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Arkansas Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Etna: 8 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk	Stone	Past Producer
Unk Quarries 2	Stone	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Meg	2.9 miles	19
Peter Pender	4.5 miles	19
Greenwood	4.9 miles	19
Sub Rosa (historical)	5.2 miles	19
Poping	5.9 miles	19
Denning	6.3 miles	19
Donald (historical)	6.4 miles	19
Dahoma (historical)	6.6 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 79289. 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.