BlockKenova, Arkansas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Smackover Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71762. It stands on Holmes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smackover quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Smackover quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Smackover quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS El Dorado quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
193 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Kenova between 1997 and 2020, burning about 930 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined | 96 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smackover | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Sandy Land | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Norphlet | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Quinn | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dumas City | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Herma | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Nugulf | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Calion | 8.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58013. 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.