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Fresno, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Boston Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It lies near Browder Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cass quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fresno within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Fresno (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 548 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 44 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
Arson/incendiarism44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
22 August 2012Natural2.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPOTATO KNOB
31 July 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsKIDD
13 July 2012Natural1.7 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBEE ROCK
27 May 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National Forestsnot named
4 April 2003Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsTURNER
3 April 2006Arson/incendiarism14 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsMORGAN KNOB #2
25 April 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsACORN
25 April 1997Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsPINE FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin 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 Fresno (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cass1.9 miles15
Fly Gap (historical)3.8 miles18
Redding4.0 miles15
Mountain Crest4.2 miles16
West Cobb4.9 miles15
Barnes5.1 miles15
Paradise5.2 miles15
Beach Grove5.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 63012. 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.