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Joan, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71923. The Survey maps it on the Dalark quadrangle.

Joan within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

84 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Joan between 1997 and 2018, burning about 764 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 18 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 burning29
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning41 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Joan: 7 unknowns. 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, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Joan in 12 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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
July 2008LightningJoan$200,000Lightning sparked a fire on a young pine plantation off Round Hill Road. Approximately 100 acres burned.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindJoan$10,000Trees were blown down in and around Joan.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJoan-Trees and tree limbs were blown down.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindJoan-Thunderstorm winds downed a number of trees and power lines.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindJoan-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees at Joan, with two houses badly damaged by fallen trees.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindJoan-A few trees were knocked down.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindJoan-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindJoan-no account filed
May 2003HailJoan-no account filed
March 2000HailJoan-no account filed
April 1999HailJoan-no account filed
May 1999HailJoan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Knoxville2.7 miles7
Griffithtown4.2 miles7
Daleville4.7 miles9
Gravel Junction4.8 miles7
Arkadelphia6.0 miles9
Caddo Valley8.3 miles9
Gum Springs8.7 miles9
Richwoods9.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 50655. 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.