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Knoxville, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Caddo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71923. It stands on Williams Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dalark quadrangle.

Knoxville within Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

78 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Knoxville between 1997 and 2019, burning about 682 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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 burning27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Smoking1
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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2004Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2000Debris and open burning41 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2000Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Knoxville: 10 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arkadelphia Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Daleville1.9 miles9
Joan2.7 miles7
Arkadelphia3.3 miles9
Griffithtown4.6 miles7
Gravel Junction5.5 miles7
Caddo Valley6.2 miles9
Gum Springs6.3 miles9
Central6.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 50908. 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.