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Mount Vernon, Arkansas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Magnolia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71770. The Survey maps it on the Buckner quadrangle.

Mount Vernon within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

82 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Mount Vernon between 1998 and 2019, burning about 603 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism15
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2000Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Mount Vernon: 19 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Clay. 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
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkBrominePast Producer
UnkBrominePast 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
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Jefferson1.6 miles13
Lumber2.3 miles13
Box Springs4.7 miles13
Waldo4.7 miles13
Beech Creek5.3 miles13
Dodson6.3 miles15
Lamartine6.5 miles13
Smithland6.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57132. 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.