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Kedron, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Bowman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71665. The Survey maps it on the Kedron quadrangle.

Kedron within Cleveland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

80 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Kedron between 2001 and 2020, burning about 806 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined37
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cleveland County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kedron: 1 past producer. 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, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cleveland County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kedron in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
October 2009Thunderstorm WindKedron$15,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindKedron-Multiple trees were blown down in the community of Kedron.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindKedron-Multiple trees were blown down in and around the town of Kedron.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindKedron-A tree was blown down.
May 2006Flash FloodKedron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cleveland 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
Cabool (historical)0.9 miles9
Mount Zion1.9 miles9
Dialton (historical)2.0 miles9
Peace (historical)2.4 miles9
Lehigh (historical)3.9 miles9
Randall5.5 miles9
Unionville (historical)5.7 miles12
Rison6.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 50774. 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.