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Kay, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Red River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72650. It lies near Barnes Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Canaan quadrangle.

Kay within Searcy County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

60 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Kay between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,796 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
22 July 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 April 2016Debris and open burning35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 April 2011Arson/incendiarism36 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 April 2004Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 April 2006Arson/incendiarism45 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 April 2001Arson/incendiarism185 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionCOUNTY LINE
13 April 1998Arson/incendiarism35 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Searcy 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
Watts2.8 miles16
Booster3.0 miles15
Imo3.1 miles20
Welcome Home4.5 miles20
Bohannon5.1 miles20
Bear Creek5.1 miles20
Canaan5.6 miles16
Wileys Cove7.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57074. 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.