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Mazarn, Arkansas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Alamo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71933. The Survey maps it on the Bonnerdale quadrangle.

Mazarn within Montgomery 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Mazarn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,154 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 21 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 burning32
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
6 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOuachita National ForestMAZARN
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresOuachita National Forest120
27 September 1999Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2000Natural136 acresOuachita National ForestDRY FORK
19 September 2010Debris and open burning14 acresOuachita National ForestDOLLAR ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mazarn: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Hendrickson Clay DepositClayUnknown
Plemmons ProspectManganeseUnknown
UnknownSilicaUnknown
Woodall DepositPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mazarn in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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 WindMazarn-Several trees down across the area to the south and southeast of Mount Ida.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Imelda (historical)1.8 miles7
Lucky (historical)2.2 miles7
Hickory Station3.3 miles7
Alamo3.5 miles7
Welsh5.6 miles7
Plata6.2 miles16
Segur6.4 miles16
Hickory Station (historical)7.3 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122559318The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 72575. 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.