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Feenyville, Arkansas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71667. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle.

Feenyville within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

58 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Feenyville between 2001 and 2019, burning about 422 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2016Natural23 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2015Debris and open burning26 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Feenyville: 20 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fowler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hb RobertsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lincoln County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rupe PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Smith Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Star City PitSand 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 Lincoln County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Feenyville in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
October 2007Tornado (EF1)Feenyville1 hurt, $200,000An EF1 tornado touched down about 4.5 miles west of Star City and tracked to the northeast. According to the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management, six mobile homes were destroyed, one mobile home suffered major damage, and four houses had minor damage. In addition, several barns and outbuildings were destroyed, hundreds of trees were uprooted or snapped off, and power lines were knocked down. The majority of the damage was close to the Feenyville community. One man was injured when his mobile home was flipped upside down while he was inside. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe declared Lincoln County a state disaster area.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindFeenyville-Trees were blown down on Alco Rd. west of Star City. The report was relayed by South Arkansas Weather social media account.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindFeenyville-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Glendale2.8 miles11
Villa Vale (historical)3.7 miles16
Palmyra3.9 miles11
Star City4.2 miles11
Nebo5.3 miles15
Branchville5.4 miles11
Yorktown5.8 miles15
Rest (historical)6.8 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122548768The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57012. 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.