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Mohawk, Arkansas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Emerson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71740. The Survey maps it on the Emerson quadrangle.

Mohawk within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

50 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Mohawk between 1998 and 2019, burning about 673 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning11
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
4 September 1998Debris and open burning80 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2010Arson/incendiarism24 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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
Emerson2.1 miles13
Forest Grove2.1 miles13
Brister5.0 miles13
Horsehead5.1 miles14
Ware6.6 miles13
Noxobe6.8 miles12
Walkerville7.0 miles14
Plainfield7.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 60253. 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.