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Geneva, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Red Colony Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71832. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle.

Geneva within Sevier 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

76 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Geneva between 1997 and 2020, burning about 407 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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 burning27
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2000Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sevier 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 Geneva: 8 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Antimony, Silver, Diatomite. 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
Bob Wolf MineCopper, Antimony, SilverOccurrenceCervantite, Galena, Stibnite
New Discovery ShaftDiatomitePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand 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 Sevier County

Storms near this place

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Geneva in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 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
March 2023HailGeneva-Quarter size hail reported east of De Queen near the intersection of US Highway 70 and US Highway 71.
August 2014Flash FloodGeneva-Heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding in and around the Cossatot River bridge near Hwy. 71 between De Queen and Lockesburg, Arkansas.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGeneva-Trees were downed blocking the road at the junction of Hwy 70 and Hwy. 71.
October 1993HailGeneva-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sevier 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
Red Wing1.7 miles14
Cross Trails (historical)5.2 miles14
Lockesburg5.4 miles10
De Queen5.4 miles14
Dilworth5.6 miles10
Walnut Springs5.6 miles10
Avon5.7 miles14
Stringtown5.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77003. 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.