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Florence, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Live Oak Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71655. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tyro quadrangle.

Florence within Drew County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

53 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Florence between 2001 and 2019, burning about 381 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 burning29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2006Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2003Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2007Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2011Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Drew County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Florence in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
August 2014Thunderstorm WindFlorence$25,000Trees were blown down, and one of the trees landed on a house.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindFlorence$5,000A mobile home was damaged in Florence. One person was trapped inside the home and numerous trees were down around the property.
June 2021Flash FloodFlorence-The community of Florence flooded. Additionally, multiple residents across northeastern Drew County were forced to leave flooded areas by boat.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindFlorence-Few trees down.

Every storm recorded in Drew 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
Old Union (historical)4.1 miles14
Coleman5.5 miles12
Selma6.3 miles14
Sixteenth Section7.3 miles14
Old Piney (historical)8.4 miles14
Winchester9.1 miles14
Montongo9.5 miles9
Tillar10.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57016. 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.

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.