Kenwood, Arkansas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Welborn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72823. The Survey maps it on the Morrilton West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Morrilton No. 3 quadrangle1:62500
- 1892 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Morrillton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1894 USGS Morrilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Morrilton West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1964 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Conway quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
- 1991 USGS Morrilton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
27 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Kenwood between 1999 and 2020, burning about 281 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 April 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kenwood: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conway County Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Parks Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unk | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kenwood in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 1 funnel cloud, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Kenwood | - | Quarter sized hail fell near Kenwood. |
| April 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Kenwood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Country Estates | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Meadows | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Morrilton | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hickory Hill | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Index (historical) | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lewisburg | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Deerwood | 5.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 77397. 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.











