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Marsden, Arkansas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1989. It stands in District 7. It lies in ZIP code area 71647. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marsden quadrangle.

Marsden within Bradley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

36 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Marsden between 2001 and 2020, burning about 549 acres in total. 8 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural8
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism2

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
21 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use17 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2011Natural1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2011Natural310 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionMORO BAY
5 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradley County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Marsden: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unk Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bradley County

Storms near this place

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marsden in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2008: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2008Thunderstorm WindMarsden-Between 12 to 15 trees were blown down on roadways in south Bradley County.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindMarsden-A few trees were blown down.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindMarsden-Several trees were blown down.
May 1995HailMarsden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bradley 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
Hilo3.5 miles17
Pirlte (historical)4.2 miles18
Sturgis (historical)4.4 miles18
Ingalls5.4 miles18
Vick6.2 miles19
Moro Bay6.9 miles17
Gravelridge8.2 miles18
Broad8.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58128. 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.