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Johnsville, Arkansas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71647. It stands on Little Snake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vick quadrangle.

Johnsville within Bradley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

44 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Johnsville between 2001 and 2019, burning about 2,379 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined14
Natural11
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,509 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSINGLETON CREEK
12 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2011Natural53 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined11 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2011Natural300 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionHERMITAGE 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Johnsville: 9 producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bradley County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsville in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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
August 2012Thunderstorm WindJohnsville$5,000Trees were blown down.
August 2004Thunderstorm WindJohnsville-Thunderstorm winds downed some large tree limbs.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindJohnsville-Thunderstorm winds knocked down some trees and power lines.
March 2021HailJohnsville-no account filed
August 2004HailJohnsville-no account filed
April 1996HailJohnsville-no account filed
February 1996Thunderstorm WindJohnsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bradley 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
Smearny1.7 miles18
Longview2.5 miles9
Ferrell (historical)2.8 miles18
Mount Olive4.5 miles18
Geopel (historical)5.0 miles18
Moores Mill5.5 miles19
Vick5.7 miles19
Broad6.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57071. 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.