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Keener, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Elixir Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72601. It lies near Rough Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Zinc quadrangle.

Keener within Boone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 15 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

55 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Keener between 1997 and 2020, burning about 717 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 burning21
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Natural2
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 2012Equipment and vehicle use12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1997Natural16 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2012Debris and open burning6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 July 2005Debris and open burning9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 May 1997Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Keener: 23 past producers, 17 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Alfred E. Granger PropertyManganeseOccurrence
Saturn PlacerLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena
Unknown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Ayers CutLeadOccurrenceGalena
Bailey MineLeadPast Producer
BessieLead, ZincPast Producer1900
Boggs MineLeadPast Producer
Bonanza MineZinc, LeadPast ProducerSmithsonite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Boone 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
Bergman1.1 miles13
Oregon (historical)1.9 miles13
Wooden Hills4.2 miles13
Zinc4.3 miles15
Willis4.5 miles15
Winington5.2 miles15
Hopewell5.8 miles13
Myrtle6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58009. 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.