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Kingston, Arkansas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Lamar Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72853. The Survey maps it on the Danville Mountain quadrangle.

Kingston within Yell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 1992 and 2019, burning about 676 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 20 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
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2003Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2005Natural25 acresOuachita National Forest658

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Yell County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kingston: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Yell County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingston in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKingston-Tree limbs were broken and shingles blown off a residence via mPING.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindKingston-Tin was blown off an old chicken house.

Every storm recorded in Yell 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
Plainview2.1 miles12
Gilkey (historical)3.4 miles13
Mickles3.8 miles17
Danville4.9 miles17
Ola5.0 miles18
Wards Crossing5.0 miles12
Lone Pine6.0 miles17
Rover6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72264. 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.