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Lunet, Arkansas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Behestian Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71726. It lies near Rocky Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tates Bluff quadrangle.

Lunet within Ouachita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

52 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Lunet between 1999 and 2020, burning about 503 acres in total. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3

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 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2011Natural65 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ouachita County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Lunet: 16 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
No NameStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
No NameClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
Jackson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ouachita County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lunet in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 4 flood. 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 2008FloodLunet$150,000The upstream flood wave on the Ouachita River progressed downstream to the Camden vicinity by the middle of the month. The stage at the Camden stream gage crested at moderate flood level. Arkansas Highway 7 and numerous county and city roads were flooded.
September 2009FloodLunet$100,000Heavy rainfall during the middle of September pushed the Ouachita River at Camden above flood stage. Some county roads and private roads were flooded.
October 2009FloodLunet-Heavy rainfall at the end of October pushed the Ouachita River at Camden above flood stage.
November 2009FloodLunet-Heavy rainfall at the end of October allowed the Ouachita River at Camden to remain above flood stage into the middle of November. Some crops suffered damage.

Every storm recorded in Ouachita 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
Wyloe (historical)2.2 miles15
Tates Bluff2.5 miles15
Kemp (historical)5.0 miles15
Smead5.3 miles15
Amy5.4 miles15
Red Hill6.3 miles16
Velie6.4 miles15
Van Wagoner (historical)6.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58103. 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.