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Jenson, Arkansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1987. It lies in ZIP code area 74932. The Survey maps it on the Hackett quadrangle.

Jenson within Sebastian County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Jenson between 1993 and 2020, burning about 743 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning17
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
2 September 2005Smoking6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2004Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2011Smoking15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sebastian County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Jenson: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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
Ibison PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Building Stone QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hamilton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Island StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unknown Sandstone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sebastian County

Storms near this place

4 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jenson in 4 storm reports between 2021 and 2026: 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindJenson-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Highway 45.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindJenson-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Bear Hollow Road near Highway 45.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindJenson-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
April 2021Flash FloodJenson-Portions of Highway 45 were flooded north of Hackett.

Every storm recorded in Sebastian 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
Hackett1.6 miles23
Bonanza3.0 miles23
Doubleday (historical)3.1 miles23
Enterprise4.7 miles25
White Bluff5.8 miles25
Slaytonville6.0 miles23
Excelsior6.6 miles22
Old Jenny Lind6.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57989. 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.