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Monica, Arkansas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72335. The Survey maps it on the Haynes quadrangle.

Monica within St. Francis County

On record in Monica

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

53 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Monica between 1997 and 2020, burning about 589 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
3 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
11 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1998Arson/incendiarism29 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
16 June 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 April 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Francis County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Monica: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
Colvins PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Forrest City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Forrest City Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Francis 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
Forrest City0.8 miles12
Mount Vernon (historical)2.0 miles12
Redfern2.6 miles16
Crow Creek2.9 miles14
Rosine3.0 miles12
Bonair3.2 miles16
Becks3.6 miles16
Madison3.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 82909. 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.