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Jethro, Arkansas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1879 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Walker Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72949. It lies near Rosson Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Cravens quadrangle.

Jethro within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

66 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Jethro between 1995 and 2020, burning about 839 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsBIG EDDY
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism26 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGRAHAM
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsOVERLOOK
10 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1999Arson/incendiarism50 acresOzark-St. Francis National ForestsGRAHAM SOUTH
4 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOzark-St. Francis National ForestsCRIPPLE BRANCH

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 Jethro: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, 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
UnkStonePast Producer
White Oak Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

15 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jethro in 15 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJethro$5,000Strong thunderstorm wind blew down large trees and power lines.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindJethro-Strong thunderstorm wind blew down numerous trees.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindJethro-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down large oak trees.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindJethro-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down a large tree limb.
July 2007Flash FloodJethro-Heavy rain caused roads in and around Jethro to be flooded.
July 2007Flash FloodJethro-Heavy rains caused secondary roads to be flooded in and around Jethro, Cravens and Ozark.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindJethro-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour blew down a tree.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindJethro-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 miles an hour blew down several large tree limbs.
May 2024HailJethro-no account filed
April 2011HailJethro-no account filed
December 2010HailJethro-no account filed
March 2008HailJethro-no account filed
March 2008HailJethro-no account filed
February 2005HailJethro-no account filed
May 2003HailJethro-no account filed

Every storm 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
Paradise3.3 miles15
Watalula4.0 miles14
Barnes4.0 miles15
Felkner Town4.3 miles14
Cravens4.4 miles14
White Oak4.5 miles14
White Rock4.7 miles14
Lone Elm5.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72186. 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.