BlockJennie, Arkansas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in District 9. It lies in ZIP code area 71653. The Survey maps it on the Lake Village quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.
On record in Jennie
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Harden Family Cemeterylisted 2004
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1936 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Lake Village quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Jennie between 2002 and 2013, burning about 104 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 October 2010 | Smoking | 50 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jennie in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 4 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Jennie | $50,000 | Roughly 80 percent of county roads were flooded to some extent, with some roads closed. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Jennie | $1,000 | There was flooding on Mazzanti Road. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Jennie | - | Pea to quarter sized hail occurred. |
| February 2013 | Hail | Jennie | - | Dime to penny size hail fell in the Jennie community. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Jennie | - | A swath of quarter sized hail fell across central portions of Chicot County. The hail swath went through Lake Village where quarter sized hail was observed. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Jennie | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Chanticleer | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Chicot | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Myrtle Grove | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Chicot Junction | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bayou Macon (historical) | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ashton | 4.8 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Jennie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18153643 | The 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 57987. 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.