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Kalamazoo, Arkansas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Short Mountain Township. The Survey maps it on the Paris quadrangle.

Kalamazoo within Logan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

40 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Kalamazoo between 1998 and 2018, burning about 348 acres in total. None 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/undetermined15
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6

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
9 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Arson/incendiarism10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use25 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 2010Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Logan County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kalamazoo: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
MagazineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
S & W Rk QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkStonePast Producer
B & G Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gilbert Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shoal Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Logan County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kalamazoo in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
April 2021HailKalamazoo-Quarter sized hail was noted near Kalamazoo.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindKalamazoo-Numerous trees were down north of Subiaco in the Patterson Bluff Area. The time is estimated from radar.

Every storm recorded in Logan 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
Cotton Town2.7 miles20
Gray Rock3.3 miles20
Union3.6 miles20
Roseville4.4 miles19
Pleasant Hill4.8 miles20
Spielerville (historical)5.0 miles20
Wilkins5.0 miles20
Paris5.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72229. 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.