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Kinard, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71730. The Survey maps it on the El Dorado East quadrangle.

Kinard within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

93 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Kinard between 1997 and 2020, burning about 463 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning25
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined48 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2011Natural5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union 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 Kinard: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bromine. 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
UnkBrominePast Producer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinard in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 tornado. 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
April 2018Tornado (EF1)Kinard$70,000An EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds around 110 mph, touched down along Nick Springs Road just east of Spencer Lane. It uprooted and snapped trees here along with breaking several large branches. The tornado continued northeast and intersected Lawson Road, where it rapidly intensified to its strongest and widest point. It did considerable tree damage here and damaged the roofs of a number of homes, mobile homes, and barns in this location. Widespread tree damage was found here that included numerous uprooted and snapped trees. The tornado continued northeast where it uprooted several trees along Frisby Road, with a number of trees landing on homes. The tornado then continued northeast where it uprooted a number of trees along Rhodes Chapel Road before lifting.

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Lawson1.8 miles16
Nick Springs2.4 miles18
Old Union3.0 miles18
Smithville3.8 miles18
Perdue City3.9 miles18
Hillsboro4.1 miles16
Urbana4.4 miles16
Crain City5.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58020. 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.